Pick Up tippers with original buck / tub

[tommer9]

I agree that is a neat idea......I see the mountain tops (i think they are called that) on the likes of navaras- hard load covers that are waterproof etc and lockable, and think they are great but a bit limited. What you have outlined looks excellent to me- a lockable hard cover for the load area, which when needed unfolds to chip sides, which when filled the vehicle would be on its way home so the need for locked away gear would be lessened.....brilliant.

[b101uk]

A rather pointless exercise really, just vanity and settling for something that will ultimately be less practical/robust than putting a proper tipper bed on.

[garth mc garth]

i built a tipping body for my 2001 hilux, found that multi stage telescopic ram was a better option than a scissor type lift but getting clearance for the tipping gear above the diesel tank was tight. as the body lifts the bottom of the cylinder moves in a small arc and you had to leave clearance for this.

[tommer9]

A rather pointless exercise really, just vanity and settling for something that will ultimately be less practical/robust than putting a proper tipper bed on.

 

That was kind of the point i was making.......

[combined tree services]

personally i think that it sounds like a great idea for someone who needs the use of a 4x4 tipper every now and then . personally i would not considder buying a jap 4x4 where the standard butt tips purly because the wheel arches get in the way thus making tipping awkward , reducing the cappacity of the tipper , you still could not fit a pallet in the back and should you laod the butt up with jolgs and want to tip them off im pretty sure the wheel arches would get stoved in pretty quickly .

 

so how would you alter the fuel filler pipe as they are attacvhed to the but and what would be your answer to converting the rear tailgate ??

[BigRedDog]

I have to say I actually prefer the look of a well made ali body, I think it shows a bit of pofeshonalisms... Plus a proper drop side unit with maybe a set of box lockers fixed under is always going to be a much more practical vehicle, and practicality always wins for me... someone was correct above, vanity me thinks:biggrin:

 

Personally I'd love a fixed bed drop side with a rear mounted swing or small hiab lift, I've chatted to my local snot welder, but at the prices you've been talking on here I'll send you an email and see what you can come up with.

 

I've been told that becuse the butt on my truck is so rare (fibre glass stepside - chevy 1500ck) it'd be worth maybe 2k on flebay, so I'm well on my way to affording something a lot more useful!

[czhey]

I've got a 2006 old shape L200. I would be interested but worried about:

 

Weight? How much could you legally get in the back of a double cab after this? 350KG which is about 1m3 of chip?

 

High sides, something 'standard' looking that would allow you to chip into the back.

 

Not worth doing if you have the bed 2" higher than the cab, would look worse than ali sheet tipper i think, speak to some 4x4 specialists, doing a 'body lift' on just the cab may even it out (just some spacers?)

 

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[Rupe]

I think if you want it for work then it shouldn't matter if you can tell its a tipper or not. But puttign the original rear body back on for re sale and keeping the tipper for your next vehicle would be a good service.

 

I found this pic of L200 king cab tipper. Looks ok to me.

 

[tommer9]

I found this pic of L200 king cab tipper. Looks ok to me.

 

 

Looks as gay as to me.....

[Rupe]

Looks as gay as to me.....

 

Would it be more or less gay if it were the original body work?