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We had Ivecos at a trucking company I worked at years ago.. Horrible things, plenty of grunt though. The company was in the process of phasing them out, so they were fairly abused.. I have heard that the latest variants are quite good though and they've remedied a lot of the quality issues they had...
This looks pretty tough! I'd much prefer one of these over a *****box toyota and for less money!
Something different for a few ideas
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ick, especially the front doors reused in the twin cab arrangement.Quote:
Originally Posted by 33chinacars
More looking at the ute tubQuote:
Originally Posted by disco2hse
Ute tubs belong on utes. ick.Quote:
Originally Posted by 33chinacars
some progress photos.
I decided to make to body out of 50mm coolroom panels. As far as I know this is untested in offroad conditions but from what I've seen of "outback" caravan construction it should not be a problem.
I was going to use a 3 point mount on the body but in the end settled on a 4 point spring mounts with poly isolation blocks.
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I parked the truck on some blocks just to see if the chassis had started to flex and suprised to find about 10mm gap in one body mount even tho the suspension was not even half crossed up. I hope I built the tray rigid enough !
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Hey GoingBush,
Just a question on the way you are mounting the body to the chassis, and the 4 blocks you are using. I think you might have to reconsider this perhaps.
Have you read the Iveco Daily 4x4 Body Builder manual? It comes in 2 PDF files, and I can email them to you if you haven't got them. It seems to indicate from my "speed read" that the frame you build should contact all the way along the chassis.
I only mention this because we are building on a MAN chassis is a similar way, and MAN specifies that the load has to be spread continuously along the chassis, with no "point" loads. MAN were very specific about this.
If you have read the IVECO Body Builders manual and there is a section that covers the way you are fixing your body to the chassis then just ignore my post!
Cheers
David
Part 2 of BB manual, with the approved canopy fixing methods
Part 1. I thought it would be too big to upload, but it seems to have done it, so see attached PDF.
Cheers
David
Mmmmmm, interesting.... The bodies on the Overland Mercs in Africa were bolted solid originally..... and they suffered terribly.. One of the 6x4's actually cracked right thru above the axle pivot.. They then went for the sprung system you have pictured... That worked... Sort of... New bolts and springs every trip, and a continual banging of the body against the chassis which also caused cracking and shook the interior to pieces... Final cure.. Body sat on three huge blocks of rubber.... Alli does not do flex.