Hilux 4x4 tipper project

[DANWILL]

Gracefull engineering chum

[aspenarb]

If you just made the frame out of steel and sheeted with plywood it would be alot cheaper and lighter. Most of the weight of the canopy was in the sheet steel

 

Good thing about plywood for the sides is once they start to rot out you can easily unscrew and replace.

 

I just cut down a £300 transit tipper body, it was complete with the hydraulics and motor. if you get the Ali one it all comes apart easily and cuts down with a hard point saw. I never bothered with the chip box because we sometimes need it as a pick up , we just have two tatty old bits of ply bolted in ( must change them they look hideous). It will carry a ton if the weight is pushed right to the front.

 

Bob

 

 

[Pjefford87]

Hi mate

Ute looks Mickey Mouse

I have a 2003 TD 3ltr Hilux and looking into converting it to a tipper bin etc

Was wandering a few things

* how does it handle towing a chipper?

*how does it go towing a chipper with a full load of mulch

*any problems with stock suspension on ute?

*braking issues?

*how is it looking now 3 years on?

* any major mechanical because of the bin and or towing a 6" chipper?

 

Im located in Melbourne and I can't weld

If you are interested in building me a canopy or directing me to someone who can that would be great

 

Hopefully speak soon

Kind regards

Peter

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[TheHungrySquirrel]

What clearance have you guys left from tyre to base of bed?

Need to do something like this to mine in the new year but struggling to work out heights other than existing tub height

[aspenarb]

What clearance have you guys left from tyre to base of bed?

Need to do something like this to mine in the new year but struggling to work out heights other than existing tub height

 

Because the tipper frame bolts on top of the chassis the tipper body is nowhere near the tyres even when loaded/overloaded. I would recommend uprated springs though.

 

Bob

 

 

HD springs on the Navara tipper , that s a ton in the back

 

Edited December 31, 2015 by aspenarb
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[TheHungrySquirrel]

You still have roughly the same clearance as you did with the stock body on then?