toyota hi lux your thoughts?

[tommer9]

Welcome to the forum Scott. Insulting people on your first post is a great way to start. Does the fact that so many of us build them not tell you something??

[moorcrofttreesurgery]

whats that guys problem.anyway my conversion cost me around £800 for everthing if you get one give me a call and ill build you one....

[caveman]

yall drive little baby trucks don't cha I can't belive anyone would even bother puting a dump bed on one of those little things

 

Toyoto has no money problems, on the otherhand the american brands:thumbdown:

[not for sale sorry]

yall drive little baby trucks don't cha I can't belive anyone would even bother puting a dump bed on one of those little things

 

 

 

sorry and who are you mister 1 post??????????

 

thanks for the advice

[not for sale sorry]

sorry guys what an idiot,

 

what do you rekon that i get an older truch and do a tipper conversion then? i dont to buy a newer truck and muck up doing it my self?

 

o yer thanksfor the advice peeps that are helpfull:001_smile:

[josharb87]

personally id spend 3k on the truck, best you can afford so maybe a mk4 hilux (2.4td) buy a tipper bed from a transit and either diy or pay a welder/fabricator to make it fit the hilux, sell the old buck, get some decent tyres and the rest on anything it may need

[tommer9]

sorry guys what an idiot,

 

what do you rekon that i get an older truch and do a tipper conversion then? i dont to buy a newer truck and muck up doing it my self?

 

o yer thanksfor the advice peeps that are helpfull:001_smile:

 

Hey mate- tipper conversions are not that difficult to do. Take the rear tub off and there should be a load of support points. Then get the tub you are going to use, fix it to a tipper frame and bolt that frame onto the hi-lux where the original tub sat. Get an electric tipping set-up from a scrap transit or cabstar etc, wire it in, choose some lights, wire them in, and hey presto! Simples.

[combined tree services]

im currently using a mazda B2500 pickup , its basicly a ford ranger . its an S reg not turbo 4x4 , i have been using it for the last 3-4 years and has been worked hard doing alot of utility and similar work . i fittted it with BFG mud terrain tyers all round and so far have only got propperly stuck a handfull of times , im looking to fit my 6 ton winch to it before the winter starts as i felt that it would be a great help when towing the chipper off road etc . IMO the jap 4x4's are really really usfull in tree surgery, as and when the back of my truck starts to look rough i WILL be fitting a tiper to it but untill then i will be using it for carrying the kit and night time call outs as its fitted with flood and spot lights , beacons etc . the only draw back with my truck in some ways is that its an extra cab so the tipper would be smaller but on the good side you have room for wet weather gear and lunch box

 

anyway good luck with your boild mate hope all goes well

[not for sale sorry]

so if and when i make the tipper, will it make the back much higher? so for £3000 how old or how new do u reckoni could get one, i just dont want loads of miles

[alex_m]

yall drive little baby trucks don't cha I can't belive anyone would even bother puting a dump bed on one of those little things

 

i think he's one of those stupid americans that drive things like this.....