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Toyota rear axle

So long as the rain stays away, I'll bob a few lines on a bit of paper for you tonight Jon :)
 
I can not get to mine till the weekend Jon. Plan was to swap the axle/maybe not. Then swap the body for a Hi-cap LR 110 rear body. This gives enough room to sleep and is no wider than the LC. So when taking it out, if I can get the LC through then I can get the trailer past aswell.

But I am wating to hear about a 4 wheeled trailer with a box body. This will have a NATO eye on it.

Paul
 
Basic chassis layout drawing for you Jon... I can fill out more detail if you require it :)

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I was surprised just how narrow it is when I measured the track on MUX... Approx 1,200mm on the Trailer vs around 1,680mm on MUX... I don't think I will try to match the two with spacers but I have more space than I thought to build the spacer :D

Paul_Humphreys said:
But I am wating to hear about a 4 wheeled trailer with a box body.
Just go the whole hog & get a caravan Paul!!! :lol:
 
Here's some trailer porn to help inspire you http://www.flickr.com/groups/matching-trailers/

This is a trailer made by one of the members of Shropshire Suzuki :D He called it an 'AlfaVit' :lol:

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The other thing that I recall reading when building an off road trailer is to try & get the measurement between the hitch and the axle centre line on the trailer as close to the wheel base of the towing vehicle :) Can't remember why now :roll: :D
 
Thanks Gav. That could be made to work with the axle I have. I didn't plan for the trailer to have quite as wide a track as the 100, just wide enough to fit in most ruts which the 100 (and Mux I should think) is a squeeze for at times although with more of you driving 80's now that's less of a problem than it used to be :thumbup:
 
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No probs Jon. Might be worth keeping an eye out for a cheap Sankey but if you have to pay what I did, I would consider building my own chassis...

I have decided not to match the tracks widths of the trailer to the truck after that measuring session!!! Yup, its a squeeze getting the big chap around at times ;)

I'm going to remake the tub for the trailer so there are no wheel arches in the trailer at some stage but am hoping to make a modular sort of set up. The Sankey tub looks to be held on by swing bolts so the design is already there...

How long can we keep this hi-jack going?? :lol:
 
I don't even know what I would do with a trailer now Gav so I wouldn't spend lots of money on a Sankey. I was just after a bit more information to file away while it was a current topic :) I don't have a large flat area where I could build a chassis so it would be a bit of a challenge plus steel is not getting any cheaper so a sankey with a knackered tub for a few pounds would probably make more sense than starting from scratch. I've just hot glued the various bits of my roof rack together and at 1.4m x 2.4m that was a bit of a challenge to find space to work on!
 
I can see you now - down on the road in front of your drive cutting & welding furiously with lengths of box section all over the place with the bin lorry trying to get past!!! :lol:
 
Gav Peter said:
I can see you now - down on the road in front of your drive cutting & welding furiously with lengths of box section all over the place with the bin lorry trying to get past!!! :lol:
Don't forget the queue of scrap men waiting to see what they can have :roll: must be big business judging by how many come round this estate most days.
 
They've started coming round our way too - you can hear him shouting 'ANY SCRAP IRRRRRONNNNNN' streets away...
 
This why I always park in service areas as I can be carrying £250,000 worth of copper cable!!

Paul
 
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