The tare weight on the plate of the trailer above is 360kg, which can't be right at all. I think it would be reasonable to assume twice that.
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The tare weight on the plate of the trailer above is 360kg, which can't be right at all. I think it would be reasonable to assume twice that.
Maybe it's 1360kg? someone missed a 1?
Think if you want a 110 body would be better off looking in UK and import. That said the LWB was never sold in big numbers here. SWB was favourite. In your favour though is that based on what I have seen on the road LWB were sold to commercial users who have been replacing Land Rovers with utes for a few years now.
I've got a SIII 109 LWB rear tub in Bronze Green with an Ivory Roof. The 4 windows have been replaced with the larger Toyota Troopy sliding windows, and the rear floor has alum chequerplate. It has a rear tailgate.
It's sitting in my yard, and I've threatened to turn it into a chicken coup, but if anyone wants it for a camper project, I'm open to offers.
Here's a link to a photo of the tub when it was on the car :
https://www.facebook.com/OverlandExp...type=3&theater
I had hoped to make it into a trailer, but I picked up a WWII era chassis (rivetted C-Section chassis, long leaf springs) that I put an alloy ute tray on with a retractable tall canvas cover, underslung tool boxes and a tool box on the draw bar. The Vic Roads Engineer rated it as 2,000kg on the compliance plate when I went to register it, even though it didn't have brakes! So I put electric brakes on it too, and added an extra bolt in tubular cross member to control chassis flex. It tows loads to the tip without an issue, but I'm concerned about the age of the chassis and the 'brittle' nature of old school steel to risk taking it outback, though it's done well in the high country, but showed it needs shock absorbers off road.
So at the moment I'm buying an older Track Trailer camper. The MC2 suspension should give me the confidence to take it further. Once I pick it up I'll see if I can swap the Toyota brakes on the Track with the Land Rover brakes on the tray trailer, and then sell the tray trailer.
My wife would appreciate the Series tub gone, so if anyone wants it for a project, send me a PM. (located in Melb).