tipper conversion

[moorcrofttreesurgery]

hello to all.i want to convert my ranger to a tipper sick of unloading it by hand.has anyone ever done this on a jap pick up.ive spoke to a mate and he rekoned you can cut a transit back down to size.any info pics would be great before i start hacking and slashing..

[geoff]

Talk to 'Autolift', they may have a kit, they can certainly sell you tipping parts, decent helpfull people.

[Robert_S]

i done a hi-lux once mate fabricated it from scratch though,

i mounted the hinge directly to the hi- lux chassis and built a bed that tipped from that point,i think the transit bed would sit too high up on the ranger chassis.

[moorcrofttreesurgery]

how did the hilux turn out.

[Robert_S]

It was really good i wish i had not sold it, i have no pictures though it was a while ago, i built the full chip box in 30x30mm box then sheeted it in alloy.

[moorcrofttreesurgery]

what do you rekon the chip box weight was.i took the tub of the ranger and there not light must be at least 150kg maybe more.an alloy chip box must be lighter than the metal tub.that was the biggest worry making one then realising the weight capicty has been reduced

[penfold]

you can buy a ranger tipper now as well as a hilux tipper. Although why you'd want to when there are land rover tippers out there is very baffling:confused1:

[josharb87]

look at/ pm garthmcgarth's profile as hes done this to a couple of hiluxes-they look smart!

[Robert_S]

what do you rekon the chip box weight was.i took the tub of the ranger and there not light must be at least 150kg maybe more.an alloy chip box must be lighter than the metal tub.that was the biggest worry making one then realising the weight capicty has been reduced

 

it was lighter than the tub and it held about 3 cube and even full it never "looked" overloaded but the actual weight is anyones guess.

[niftysteve]

found this on ebay for your tipper project

LAND ROVER UNIMOG TRAILER DROPSIDE ALLOY BODY on eBay, also Van Pickup Parts, Vans Pickups, Commercial Vehicles, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 23-May-09 19:15:54 BST)