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I'll add to that. 1) Yes, but don't go trying to find a PTO to bolt to it or a gear to go inside the box to drive said PTO. Toyota don't seem to know anything about them, there is a PTO company in Italy who make one that will bolt on, not sure about the gear for inside. I guess some type of Toyota s...

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Ok, that makes a little more sense. Viewing it as a piece of camping gear rather than a part of the truck. With your 3 way fridge. Have you run it on elec much before? My understanding is that a 3 way is about 10 times less efficient running on electricity compared to a dedicated 12/240 volt fridge....

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I can't really see the difference between this and any other dual battery set up. It's just a battery box. I see it says "sealed" but I suspect it would still need to be vented to the out side to make your WOF man happy (or run a sealed battery as well, so no biggie I guess). Maybe it's us...

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The 4th possible problem child is the filler is inside passenger compartment,either have to move it outside which could be a problem due to tank height or install a vapor proof barrier... Doesn't sound like a "possible problem", more of a "definite problem" Double cab conversion...

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Have a look at the last few pages of my build thread. I've recently been looking at boxed rear arms that will carry the spring and shock. They see a higher load and thus it has been a little more involved than I first imagined. Certainly doable. http://www.offroadexpress.kiwi/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=...

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lax2wlg wrote: ps Sausager is a real GC, and very good off road driver - as slow as possible, as fast as necessary

Just realised that I aim for the exact opposite of this - as fast as possible, as slow as necessary.

Checkerhead

2 sets (total of 8) 7/8” x 7/8” Rod End, 1.5” Tube Inserts, Jam Nuts and 7/8” x 3/4" misalignment spacers-$400 per set Lol. Took me a while to work out why you had jammed the little smiley in there. Realized that you meant "2 sets (total of 8 )... But I agree, having all those good qualit...

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Some one recently asked this question (specifically about the recessed ones) and some one else replied with a good answer about the original manufacturer of this style. I can't remember any of the details, but if you do a search of the forum you should find it.

Checkerhead

Welcome Frederic.

Where in this country are you located? (you can add it to your profile). People will be better able to suggest tracks etc if they know where you are.

Arron.

Checkerhead

tomsoffroad wrote:mental fawdy-tude :

lol!

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skidmark wrote:but as its early days with him I will drill the extra set of holes to try keep in his good books for now.

Good call.

Choose your battles wisely.

Checkerhead

(He) did suggest moving panard down 10mm or so tho. Really? 10mm? How long is your panhard rod? like 700mm? If so then 10mm means a 0.8 degree change? The dude is tripping balls. The thing probably swings though 25 degrees over full bump to full droop so we are talking about a 3% change. I guess if...

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It's not about how we are driving it. It's about the properties of the vehicle. The bigger tyre requires more dampening and thus more caster. Those max and min specs are set for a vehicle of given geometry, weight, tyre size etc and a lot of that has changed on Mark's truck. We don't even know what ...

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Hey Tim. I really don't know enough about solid works to answer the question about local buckling, but I'm not sure I could do it by hand either. Sausager will be all over it I'm sure. I have looked into RHS a little, the size I need from steel and tube is just 350 but Asmuss had it in the dual grad...

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Sweet. Best you do some googling and figure out what you reckon is best to aim for then. And let us know how you go with cert if you get super flex arms.

Also Kaipoi repowers make there own super flex type arms. They look like a good thing.

https://www.facebook.com/kaiapoirepowers/?fref=ts

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Yeah but what prey tell is "factory setting" For a Nissan axled, radius armed, 35" tyred, Turbo V8 surf?

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Personally I'd be aiming for heaps more. Bigger tyres equals bigger caster requirement. I'm assuming that 2-3 degree is for factory 29 or 30" tyres? Guys seem to talk about 6 degrees at ride height for dessert racing. Can't remember what mine are now but think I was aiming for 5 degrees when I ...

Checkerhead

What is your caster angle?

Also you would want to know for sure that he will pass the Superflex arms as they have their own cert issues don't they?

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De-Ranged wrote:What about a drain for the shock pocket ?

Looking very good

Thanks Reece. I thought about a drain, but decided I was kidding myself. I think it would block up often and it will constantly be full of mud and stones which will need cleaning out anyway.

Checkerhead

Flick Tim and email would probably be the quickest. I'm sure he'd call you.

http://www.4wdstuff.co.nz/contact-us

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When I was looking at it Captain transporter was the cheapest. Didn't end up using anyone though.

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Good luck mate. Hoping to see pic's of this half way through Thompson's or The Wire's etc soon. Maybe even at the Possum place comp eh?

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If you are bored of lower links and CAD, skip this post. Well, after a bit more learning on Solidworks and a bit of a redesign due to my not fully understanding the manufacturing limitations, I think I have it all ready for some proper analysis. I got to this point. http://i269.photobucket.com/album...

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Thanks Lax. From the out set I've been building this to be half winch challenge truck, half class six off road racer. I guess the ultimate goal is to do what ever NZ's version of Ultra4 ends up being, while still being road legal. I've recently and temporarily thrown the road legal thing out the win...

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Well I've been chipping away at the design of the lower link. Got it to where I'm sufficiently happy (if not stoked - both design and life involve so many compromises). Have emailed it to Sausager on here (with the "Rusty 413" build thread) as he is way more clever than me with this stuff....

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Yeah that is Awesome!

Very cool to see events like that happening.

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Cool.

was this just a club thing? or was it open for all to enter?

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callum007 wrote:I've always wanted a plasma cutter but my c/less circular saw cuts 12mm plate fine and you get a lot of cut off discs for the cost of a plasma

I suspect I have been through a Plasma cutter worth of cut off discs in my life time.

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passengerpete wrote:
poss682 wrote:Hi Pete

do you have any videos of this in action?

cheers

sorry mate nothing worth showing might put it on the to do list tho.

Take my gopro with you on Waitangi weekend.

Checkerhead

Looking good mate. Don't quite see where that third axle is going though?

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