monkenstien

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. The steel i used for the canopy frame was 2mm thick x 30mm x 30mm square tube and was pretty cheap. For the base I would use something like 75mm x 30mm x2mm. If you can find an online steel supplier Online Steel Suppliers of Steel Angles, Steel Beams, Steel Tubing, Steel Pipe, Steel Channels, Steel Mesh and Galvanized Steel - Steel Solutions like this place they will cut all the pieces to length to the mm. This makes it a whole lot easier to weld up the frame as all the pieces are the correct length, just a matter or tack welding together checking and doing your final welds. Good thing about plywood for the sides is once they start to rot out you can easily unscrew and replace.

Hey Mate, here is a link to the tipper kits company. They might export but the whole kit is about 120 kg. This includes everything though including the sub frame that bolts on to chassis. You can order just the hydraulics (ram, pump ect) to keep cost down 1500Kg Ute Kit DIY [CLICK], Tipper Kits Australia. I have seen the same kits sold on ebay new as well sold for a bit cheaper.

Hi Mate the tipper kit was pretty pricey $2600 AU but the canopy was pretty cheap steel was about $480 (most expensive was the 1.6mm flat steel for the panels about $70 a sheet needed 4) paint $250. The custom tool boxes were $800 so also pretty pricey. Used the existing tray so this kept the price down a bit. All up cost about $4000 australian could be done cheaper if you source a second hand tipper ram and made the tool boxes yourself as these made up most of the costs

Hi All, First time posting as have just been too lazy setting up an account to log in. Finally did it! Thought id share my hilux tipper project inspired by T&C town and country that posted a hilux tipper they had made. Thought it was great so have been busy working away to build my own! What I needed: Needed a truck that could be used as my daily work horse Needed toolboxes to carry gear Needed something pretty small for tight access work cheap! Tipper Decided to convert my hilux 3 litre diesel as already had the truck and has had new engine recently fitted. Sourced the tipper kit from tipper kits Australia 1.5 ton load limit which is plenty for the hilux. This comes as a kit and took about a weekend to fit. Tool boxes were custom made aluminium (too hard to weld one up myself tried and balled it up so paid a professional to make them up) Canopy was welded up, sheeted painted by myself. Just finished painting so Havnt had a chance to load here up yet.