Upgrading Defender to heavy duty

[Paul Smith]

ive looked at/ welded/ plated / replaced many chassis's on both 110's & 130's, never found any different wall thickness, slight alterations over the years but nothing consistent....... the upgrade is only allowing 500 kg extra gvw, or look at it another way.. 125 kg per corner....... i dont think the chassis is any different!

 

I can tell you without doubt if it's Ex MOD and a Wolf variant it definitely has a different upgraded chassis. Take a look, it will already be rated at 3.5

[Crazy Cutter]

I can tell you without doubt if it's Ex MOD and a Wolf variant it definitely has a different upgraded chassis. Take a look, it will already be rated at 3.5

 

Its not wolf but original 87 4 cyl(disco now) with 3050 vin plate. Are the brakes on the salisbury axle the same as the HD 130 item? Chassis may get away without any mod do you think its spotless don't think this truck saw much service?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Chassis upgrades are on ex utility and such that have been through the sv workshop which is why they are so sort after and command a good resale value.

 

Mine has definitely got a double thickness chassis

 

 

Sent from my iPhone cos it was

[Paul Smith]

Its not wolf but original 87 4 cyl(disco now) with 3050 vin plate. Are the brakes on the salisbury axle the same as the HD 130 item? Chassis may get away without any mod do you think its spotless don't think this truck saw much service?

 

I think the brakes on Salisbury axle are similar although an earlier version.

 

Chassis upgrades are on ex utility and such that have been through the sv workshop which is why they are so sort after and command a good resale value.

 

Mine has definitely got a double thickness chassis

 

 

Sent from my iPhone cos it was

 

My Ex leccy board was a good heavy motor!

[Crazy Cutter]

Looked at a newish transit today the chassis looked thinner than my standard one so was wondering if that part is necessary or it was LR going over board?

 

The other option would be to get a crashed Wolf or utility to gain the chassis and VIN plate any thoughts? By the way before anyone says i rarely spend more than 4K on a work truck, new isn't an option but doing one up is!

[Paul Smith]

I saw a 4X4 transit the other day with BFG Goodrich tyres and at least 2-3" lift. It looked cool!

[Crazy Cutter]

I saw a 4X4 transit the other day with BFG Goodrich tyres and at least 2-3" lift. It looked cool!

 

What a working 4x4 or lets pretend? if so i'll get one of them!

[Paul Smith]

A real mean looking transit!

[Crazy Cutter]

A real mean looking transit!

This is the point where you try and sell it to me!

[armchairarborist]

was messing around with an armoured 110 a few months ago, it was destined for the rifle range to be shot to bits, had a vin plate stating 3600kg. would be fun to get some jumped up vosa oik thinking he had a bonus by weighing off 100kg heavier than what he expected and wasting his time like they waste ours!