With the impending arrival of my new 130 crew cab some time in the next few weeks, its time to start finalising some ideas for the tray that will be built for it.
The first bit. Has anyone had success with building a tray that can accomodate 2 spare wheels straight up the guts between the chassis and the bottom of the tray??
After delivery, I'll be removing the supplied Goodyear MTR's and fitting XZL 7.50's. My hope is that with 7.50 tyres, the tray wont need to be lifted much to make room.
I haven't approached the tray builders yet to discuss it, but ive attached a photo of a 130 tray they've done. Looks like been lifted to me. Possibly to fit spare tyres under it..
Also, I'm not going any longer than 2 metres overall length.
there is a 35" tyre hiding behind the door. I can fit 2 x 35" under the deck. The deck sits 4' off the ground so it's very high and can be a PITA. The tray isn't an off the shelf item. With the 235/85 sized rubber you will reclaim 90 to 100mm of deck height. I have about 25mm clearance above the tyre.
Another factor to consider is the diameter of the tyre and how that affects the support beams that typically run over the chassis rail. Mine are set outside the chassis rail to accommodate the tyre size.
Im actually removing the 235/85's and fitting 7.50 XZL's which works out to about 190mm wide and from what I understand, they're about 31 inches diameter.
So going on your setup, I should be able to manage a tray pretty close to standard height.
Also, it wont be enclosed like your compartment, It'll just be an open carrier purely for spare wheels most likely out of flat bar and RHS
Yes we have 2 plus other garb under the tray, Tent poles, shovel, legs for the camper Etc. Our tray was bought from East Coast Commercial Qld, that deal in off road vehicles as well. Ah we were down your way last week with the camper on board
Mr Ho Har helped me (or I watched him?!) mount my Toyota tray on 2 custom longitudinal girders. This allows me to fit 2 x 255/85R16s under the tray. Out of sight, low centre of gravity, and doesn't take up space on the tray or roof rack.
I think Ive come across photos of your setup when searching the forum for ideas before Ranga. From memory it looked like you have a long drawer under your tray?
I wonder if anyone out there has done a tray specifically to suit 7.50 tyres. Itd be interesting to see how low they can mount it...
Hi,
the photo of the Dubbo 130 is my car and it has just completed a Kimberley trip with 235/85/16 BFG M2 tyre underneath and worked great with tyre just sitting neatly on top of support rails either side and just above the fuel tank. It would have been possible to slide further forward (but extend/add support rails to carry a second tyre. Dubbo City Welding does a few raised trays for the local LR dealer--very nice work indeed. We wanted it raised so room to carry spares as we have a Beyond slide-on camper on the tray. Despite no issues on the Kimberly and centre trip we have since lowered the tray again as camper was a little high--meaning we now have ot carry spares in place of the back seats--no option but we use the car like an extra cab more than a 5 seater. So--if you don't need to worry about the tray height go for it--tray was 100mm above normal I think.
Hi Alan,
Thats great, i was hoping the owner of that 130 would show up on here!
That tray of yours looks pretty much exactly as i want mine. Im hoping with my tyres, i can get it a fraction lower than yours in that photo.
Hi Berry,
tray is 2010mm long--they said longest legal length--and everyone who has seen the tray comments on how good it looks and Dubbo City Welding a very fair price when I compared--were recommended/ordered by Antony Amers of Dubbo LR or Clancy Motors, ex UK MOD fellow who knows his LR's. I could easily fit 235's underneath on 130 steels or Performance ST1 alloys but not wider tyres on 7inch alloys which I also tried.
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