UH-forgot a few more pictures of the bed frame.going to get the rear hinge pivots on there,then mount it all up and see where the frame to chassis braces need to go.
im going to build myself a heavy mobile gantry too-5 tonne should hold it.

 

Hey PJ,
Looks like you have made some good progress. The workshop looks to be very well equipped, I only saw one thing that was missing and would be considered a local law violation around here.......NO BEER FRIDGE

 

ha ha ,i had a beer fridge in the shed like 20 years ago,but all my pals would come by and clean it out,plus i spend WAY TOO much time in my shed as it is , if there was beer too , hell , i,d have to just sell the house and live in the shed......hey, wait a minute

got the hinge pieces welded up today , not much to look at but it,s a build diary,and i built these-so it,s in .

 

got some done-off to ireland to drink beer and ride aged vee twins-so more later-

hung the hinge pieces onto the chassis pintle,s-

finnished milling the slots in the engine mounting blocks-

turned the flats for the end of the tipper hinge pieces-

got the welding done on these too-

cut the PTO prop,and set the yoke up in my lathe - nice to see the trusted and familiar name of SPICER on these props-

 

That's a good idea using the lifting eye mounts for the bed pivot points. Are you going to build a scissor style lift for the bed?

 

hi bert, i will look into that-most likely be whatever is going cheap at the wreckers yard.

got back from riding old indians around ireland-

found some 50mm box section steel,4mm wall,i was suprised to see that the motor wanted to raise this much,gives me a flat and level drive drive flange on the trans,also looks to have solved the steering/panhard clearance issues,we,ll see later.i will have to buy some more box section steel to make the raiser blocks into a stronger cross member type mount.

shimmed the rear bed up on timber bearers,old wheels,beer barrels,anything.

got the frame under the bed-

fitted the hinges and measured and marked everything up-

hope to get time to weld it all up tomorrow,but the sun is blazing here and the beer beckons......

 

The engine position looks allot better now.

 

I really like the sound of this

And awesome project!

 

thanks a lot-

im trying to contain my excitement at the TWO trucks i found in ireland---i really need to get this one moved on a whole lot before i even think about the TWO sexy giant 6x4 SCAMMELLS i found.

getting some more fab done tomorrow i hope.

 

few shots of the next jobs im squaring up-

some detail of the transmission crossmember-it,s made for off road service so it,s tough and incorporates a shock absorber fixed to the underside of the trans,i will reuse this-

you can see where we plasma cut the crossmember to allow the trans to sit level-

i will fabricate a heavy .25 inch thick top section to weld back into the cut section-i am also considering another crossmember right behind this one,as this will be a heavily stressed area-

i will fit a heavy plate that bolts between the crossmember and the trans isolator-and the other [possible] new cross member-

you can see the clearance has improved at the front sump/axle/steering/panhard area