For Questions Regarding WOFs/CERTs/NUMBER PLATEs

[440bbm]

the tow ball/hitch thing was the killer for us. the rest wasnt hard, just time and bit of materials to re locate and modify things. depends on what you have the ability to do. 

they are also quite heavy, so if u dont have a hoist/ forklift / couple engine lifters and a few dude available for a few goes... it gets infinantely harder.

[Nominal]

Steeb always has dudes available.

[xsspeed]

39 minutes ago, Nominal said:

Steeb always has dudes available.

sounds like a volunteer

[xsspeed]

whats the go with the towbars on long trays like this, presumably cant be rated for much. (im guessing theyre just a hoop off the tray) 

 

[johnnyfive]

light vehicle towbars are rated to whatever the manufacturer/sticker says, so uhh

[440bbm]

yah, crayyyyyyyy. i staaaaaay tf away from them. 

not like lt400 / cof's have to be engineered

mount directly to the chassis or gtfo

 

but therre are alot of tow bars that are pinch bolted to the boot floor pan between 4 big washers in tin can cars. so up to you if it meets your requirements LOL

[440bbm]

but to be fair, that ute wouldnt pull a maggot off a chop anyway. so safe as houses.

[xsspeed]

that was just an example lol i'd seen some of those towbars and figured they were pretty light duty and just looped off the tray

[Beaver]

Went from tray to wellside, it was 8 bolts, towbar still fits. Don't make life harder than it needs to be.

[xsspeed]

im just tryna get a longer deck

[Thphantum]

Just now, xsspeed said:

im just tryna get a longer deck

Aren't we all...

[Nominal]

16 minutes ago, xsspeed said:

im just tryna get a longer deck

I thought you had a Falcon wagon?

Or build a Dynafari?

 

[xsspeed]

nah I sold it cos it was getting on/fucked, i didnt expect my diddle to shrink though /spam 

[igor]

This looks sketchy as fuck. How does one steer the thing with any sort of load in the tray?

[AllTorque]

Needs a third axle 

[shizzl]

Just build your own deck to suit your needs.

ones like m2 overland etc are awesome but so expensive.

 

if you find correct sized deck that doesn’t work, just relocate the mudguards and relocate the mounting points , it’s actually not hard.

 

often it’s better to just throw an extra couple of grand to a more suitable already set up unit.

 

i would stay 10 fathoms clear of that towbar set up off the deck. 

[cletus]

7 hours ago, xsspeed said:

whats the go with the towbars on long trays like this, presumably cant be rated for much. (im guessing theyre just a hoop off the tray) 

 

I'd bet someone has jammed a single cab tray on, that's a lot of overhang 

I've seen that style of tow bar before but they usually have angled supports that go forward 

[chris r]

What's the go with Driveshaft adaptor flanges etc? I had a quick look through the construction manual and only saw driveshaft spacers 

Would something like this be okay? 

https://www.benzforce.com/products/mercedes-90-100mm-transmission-driveshaft-adapter?srsltid=AfmBOoqloi4WlYsehMEd6kHQtVsoaNVMtH95AAI0gLs2meChwdjSY3s6

Stock trans has guibo and locating shaft 

Would be nice to ditch the guibo and have this style uni and slip joint shaft in its place bolted to a adapter on the back of the gearbag 

 

[Raizer]

38 minutes ago, chris r said:

What's the go with Driveshaft adaptor flanges etc? I had a quick look through the construction manual and only saw driveshaft spacers 

Would something like this be okay? 

https://www.benzforce.com/products/mercedes-90-100mm-transmission-driveshaft-adapter?srsltid=AfmBOoqloi4WlYsehMEd6kHQtVsoaNVMtH95AAI0gLs2meChwdjSY3s6

Somewhat related, if that 6061 spacer/adaptor is acceptable would it need to be heat treated to T6?

[RXFORD]

I did one a few years ago for a customer to adapt a hilux uni to a navara pinion flange so we could run a surf slipjoint rear shaft section. It hasn't gone for a cert check yet though. 

I can't fully remember the outcome of the discussion with Clint at the time was, but I think it was a grey area as its not something commonly done. If sure he will chime in

I made this one from steel to avoid any issues with internal threads Lvvta have with critical stuff made from Ali. You might need approval to make one from Ali if its threaded and would need to be 6061-T6. As long as its hubcentric and you follow the Lvv fastener requirements for shank then itl be decent.