Thread: SpudBoy's 130 Defender camper build - UK to Sth Africa project

Only got a couple of things small things done this weekend. I have been straining my back lifting things (mainly Defender tyres) up and down a wonky ladder from my mezanine storage area, so I thought I'd install an electric "davit" lift on a swing arm. Bent up the arm from some steel tube and made a couple of hinges to fix it to the shed. Bit of welding and it's a good'un. It can lift 100Kg so Defender tyres + rims are no worries.





Also installed a small vice to the rear of the tray and bent up some wire baskets to fit in the underside storage are. There are 4 baskets 1m long each which go the whole length of the underside of the canopy. These trays will hold heavy stuff that we don't need to use very often, like spare parts and oil and tools.





Am waiting for Capral Aluminium to come back from Xmas/NY holidays, so I can buy the ally beams to hold the roof on. When I get them I can measure up and cut the hole in the roof and make a big hinge for the front of the canopy to get the roof pivoting up and down.

GREAT to see another build.

Our son in law took this pic in Darwin recently of an interesting 130. I don't know whose it is?.








Will watch with great interest


Erich

Hi Erich - that TD5 130 you've pictured is the same type of build as mine, with the stretched "Extra" cab, which I think were all done for Telstra. They have extended the canopy way backwards, so the departure angle is not so high (and the rampover has been reduced with those side steps), but I reckon they'll be able to sleep inside that - which we can't do as ours is too short.

My build won't progress as fast as your PUMA build, but I am trying to do something every day to keep it moving along.

Cheers
David

i thought it was funny that it looked decked out as a touring camper then noticed the roof top tent what a waste!!

thought this might help you spud boy.
found it on another forum also the link
Container Dimensions (metric)
Container Dimensions (metric)

Standard External Container Dimensions

(8ft) (10ft) (20ft) (30ft) (40ft)
Container Length 2.42m 3.05m 6.06m 9.12m 12.19m
Container Width 2.17m 2.44m 2.44m 2.44m 2.44m
Container Height:
» Standard 2.26m 2.59m 2.59m 2.59m 2.59m
» High cube - 2.89m 2.89m 2.89m 2.89m


Standard Internal Container Dimensions

Internal Length 2.28m 2.80m 5.87m 8.93m 12.00m
Internal Width 2.10m 2.33m 2.33m 2.33m 2.33m
Internal Height:
» Standard 2.04m 2.35m 2.35m 2.35m 2.35m
» High cube - 2.65m 2.65m 2.65m 2.65m
End Door Aperture Width: 2.09m as req. 2.28m 2.28m 2.28m
End Door Aperture Height:
» Standard 1.94m as req. 2.26m 2.26m 2.26m
» High cube - as req. 2.56m 2.56m 2.56m
Floor area 4.78m2 6.69m2 13.93m2 21.09m2 28.33m2
Cubic capacity:
» Standard 9.28m3 15.89m3 32.85m3 49.84m3 66.83m3
» High cube - 17.84m3 37.09m3 56.21m3 75.32m3
Weight 1.02 tonnes 1.52 tonnes 2.44 tonnes 3.25 tonnes 4.06 tonnes

However, as there is no such thing a "the container" is is really very important to check before hiring
http://www.landroveraddict.com/smf/i...topic=389329.0

regards geck

Today's effort was mainly removing the existing roof of the canopy, so we can stand up inside it.

Cutting it was pretty straightforward except for the corners where it had a lot of reinforcing and my circular saw wouldn't cut through it, so I had to hit it with the power hacksaw. After an hour or so of cutting/grinding I was able to peel off the old roof and stand up in it. One more step along the way....







I did a test fit of the SIII roof, and tried fitting and sitting on our "bogger" which is a composting toilet used in boats. Mrs Spud was not going anywhere with me without her own facilities!





It feels a LOT more roomy now with the extra headroom.

I got my Pipe Bender set up and tested, so thought the first thing to do was begin my rock sliders by bending up a couple of "arms" which will protrude out from the side of the sliders.

The bender is an ingeniuos design. Simple but complicated! With only moderate force it bends tube very accurately. It has a protractor to show you how far you've gone, so getting 90 degree bends (or whatever) is a snap.






The bender ships from the USA with out a stand, so I just made one out of some old H beam I had lying around the farm. Same with the handle, just a piece of alloy I had.

The tube I am bending up is your standard issue "bullbar" size steel tubing the same as used by ARB or TJM. I've got some lengths of 34mm and 50mm diameter tube, which are identical to the tube on my bullbar.





I want the side bars to be at a bit of an angle, instead of sticking straight out, so I am cutting them at 20 degrees (downwards angle). I have seen a few where they are 45 degrees, but this is too much I reckon. The maths to do the cut is a bit tricky and I had to completely re-make one side when I cut one side much shorted than the other, but now I have "got it".



That's it for this weekend. Next on the list is to cut some short brackets to support the side runners on the sliders (3 per side), and to weld up the roof beams to support the roof properly. It's heading towards midnight so I am going to crash.

Cheers
David

Lets hope you never roll that camper or else you will be in the sh+t