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[RobRainford]

wouldnt be right happy if my son said dad look what iv built on your new 4x4

 

We both built it. I am concerned about weight on the axle but dont think I'll ever get enough in to overload it.

 

The truck is my dads that's correct. It's a 55 plate and has always been a work truck. I can always make it shorter if I need to, Theres a chance I probably will have to but that's not a huge issue.

 

Thanks skyhuck, I knew what I said didnt sound right!

[treequip]

Jesus Rob that’s waaaay to high.

 

I just made a box for Ed’s Landover and I thought that was too big, it’s a tiddler by comparison.

 

That box is far too high and too far beyond the rear axle of a crew cab, which is by design, piss poor for load distribution in the first place.

 

Half full will see your rear axle weight over at a pound per kilo and your headlights will be looking for Owls if they aren’t blinding oncoming drivers. It’s not even like it won’t look overloaded, the first traffic car on the East Lancs will pull you over after he has finished wetting himself laughing.

 

If you do manage to get it to any sort of speed without the box disintegrating like a 1980’s Datsun it will act like a spoiler doing god knows what to your handling.

[Gareth Dalzell]

Just wondering - is it made this high so you can get into the back and shovel it off - perhaps he's not intending it to completely fill up, just catch/direct the chip. Maybe there's method in his madness!

[RobRainford]

Having room to be able to shovel stuff out is part of the height. I do appreciate the comments as they will be thought of in the next one. It is actually bolted into the truck so it won't go on holiday when a breeze gets up. I suppose I'll have to see how it is and then I could modify it, but digging chip out of a box that's as high as my waist will be difficult!

 

There are updated springs in te back. We have a grit spreader on there in winter that weighs most of a ton when it's full and it doesnt make them unhappy

[Kev Stephenson]

When I had my navara years ago I ran with a truck man high top on and filled that. It was less than a foot above the cab roof height and when full the back end was on the bump stops. However with the truck man top you cold shut the back window and no one could see what was in it.

[RobRainford]

Our landy 110 hicap has a canopy which is flat fronted and makes total height about 8ft. It's bad in the wind and on motorways. I would be expecting similar with this but not as bad because of the streamlining(ish)

[Johny Walker]

if it was blue you could call it the tardis

[Lorry thompson]

You got any pics side on Rob?

[Billy]

that is rather large! I just chucked alid otneh sides for my dodge but only went level with the roof,i might go to a foot or so over roof height if i think i need more room, but that is HOOOOGE! Be nice and easy to shoevl out though until you get a loadhandler.

[John Shutler]

i ran a pick up with a box that was about 4 inches higher than the cab roof and was probably overloaded every day, and it was a single cab. you dont need a full roof for starts, just about 10inches is enuogh to stop stuff spraying out