Iveco Daily 4x4

With reference to that black double cab pictured earlier...... This is a double cab!!! The International CXT! Huge Cummins, huge Auto, 4x4 and prob a huge fuel bill, but (maybe the sad side of me) I WANT ONE!!!! :twisted:

You can still have it attached by springs so it flexes, but 99% of the time the canopy is spreading its weight all the way along the chassis, because 99% of the time there is minimal flex going on.

I wanted a rubber strip between the chassis and the canopy, but MAN will not allow. It has to be metal to metal to comply.

Iveco want the end of the canopy beams to be tapered, so there is a bit of 'spring' at the end, so as not to cause a point load on the chassis (same as MAN).

Have read the Iveco 4x4 Body Builders manual (and what a great document it is) I have used the existing front mounts with spring washer packs, as in 3.13,.

The front mounts carry the sheer loads due to braking / cornering

(I have seen a camper body "professionally" mounted on another 4x4 Iveco that has no provision at all for sheer loads during braking, let alone off roading.

I used polypropylene plates (cutting boards) sandwiched between chassis and subframe to eliminate any stress points (the purpose of the tapered subframe)

check out this National Code of Practice (Truck Body mounting)

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roa...f/vsb_06_j.pdf

In light of above document I will add some fishplates at the rear, everything else complies .

OK - that's good. Sounds like you have it all under control. Just thought I'd mention it due to the stern warnings that MAN passed on to me about following their Body Builders guide.

Cheers
David

Looks like Earthcruiser have created a 4 x 4 camper based on the Iveco Daily.

http://expeditionportal.com/christophe/ec/ec_2.jpg

The walk through cab looks interesting.
http://expeditionportal.com/christophe/ec/ec_3.jpg

This appears to be a prototype and if I win the lottery, I'll be back to put down a deposit!

Looks like the chassis has been stretched. Seems to be a few more Daily 4x4's appearing now, Some people doing DIY builds and many waiting for theris to be delivered, I was lucky as mine was from a sale that fell thru so I shortcutted the delivery wait time. This is all good as spares and resources will start to grow in Australia.

Thats a good sized vehicle, not a land barge like spudboys truck :p.

When i went overland Kenya to SA we went in an old Boots Leyland Daf delivery vehicle, was a pantech with plywood panels that had windows cut out and a partial soft top roof.
It was pretty cool driving thru Tsavo National Park sitting on the roof with Midnight Oil pumping out of the stereo :D.

I crossed mine up proper today, so much so that the drivers door partially jammed, same as it does when you cross up a Landcruiser.

you can see that the chassis flex has caused the rear body & cab to misalign.
still had room to move on the left rear body mount spring. The tight fitting rear body door still opened and closed nicely with no jamming, have to be happy about that. The truck rides so much smoother now with some weight over the back end.


check out the gap between the bottom of the drivers side headlight and the rubber seal on top of bumper bar, when the truck is sitting flat there is no gap at all visible.
The chassis certainly flexes a LOT

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2013/10/42.jpg


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...14/01/1360.jpg

Great thread with some excellent information. Would love to build something based on one of these, but the funds are not gonna be there for me for oh-so-many years yet :(

Hope you enjoy your truck though! :)

anymore updates? what you are building really appeals to me both as a work rig and a tourer