Top notch build videos mate keep em coming, real handy for guys like me making it up as i go - also in the process of making an ally tray for an n80 Interested to know, did ya have any dramas with weld distortion?
Thanks man I’m glad to hear it’s helping people out and no not really man just make sure you tack it all good and weld everything seperate. Like weld a bit then go to the other side and stuff like that. Just be patient and let it cool down 🤙🏻
Another wicked video bruh!! If you moved that last bit of c channel towards the back of the tray a little you would be able to weld on one of your mounting brackets that you made and be able to weld it to the flat side of the channel without any spacers. Love your work mate.
@@Ozoffroad_ looking forward to episode 4!! Hopefully you do an episode with materials dimensions of tray ect. It looks way better then most commercial options.
@@M3gsy42 haha yeah dodgy but not depend how many you use I suppose haha I just have a rivnut gun so I used it but they are worth the investment man I just got mine off eBay
Hey mate really enjoyed the videos you did. There’s not allot of material around on building alloy trays so Thankyou for giving some really good content. I’m currently building an alloy tray as well for the hilux and I’m at the stage of the main rails going in and mounts. I’m just wondering if you had the dimensions still on how long you made the mounts and what measurement you set your main C channel rails at. I’ve got roughly 305mm from outside edge of the tray to the main rail. Just wondering if you got close to the same ?
Yeah I have herd that aye maybe I got mine just in time 😂 it really depends on where you want your head board to sit for the hight man and that it governed off how high it is from the sheet to the window what I did was get a straight edge and ran it along the chassis mounts then measured up to the window. Then you just take away what it is from the headboard to bottom of tray and that will give you your hight. And as for the c channel width that depends on how wide you made your tray as well man. 🤙🏻 I hope this help out. Do you have c channel or rhs for your main rail ?
Hi mate great work I have a Hilux and I’m thinking of making something like that for it…. Mate if you need any help in the future with welding I’m a fabrication engineer/ boiler maker if easier a welder anything you need mate by all means more than happy to help, well done great to see you giving it a crack keep it up…
Top notch build videos mate keep em coming, real handy for guys like me making it up as i go - also in the process of making an ally tray for an n80
Interested to know, did ya have any dramas with weld distortion?
Thanks man I’m glad to hear it’s helping people out and no not really man just make sure you tack it all good and weld everything seperate. Like weld a bit then go to the other side and stuff like that. Just be patient and let it cool down 🤙🏻
Another wicked video bruh!! If you moved that last bit of c channel towards the back of the tray a little you would be able to weld on one of your mounting brackets that you made and be able to weld it to the flat side of the channel without any spacers. Love your work mate.
Cheers mate that’s a good idea aye haha aww well live and you learn 🤙🏻
@@Ozoffroad_ looking forward to episode 4!! Hopefully you do an episode with materials dimensions of tray ect. It looks way better then most commercial options.
@@jeremyolney8316 yeah man so keen for it to be finished I’ll do a run down in the next one or maybe do a short vid of a run down of the whole thing!
Nice work mate, very well done, what bolts did you use to bolt your guards & toolboxes onto the tray with?
Thanks mate appreciate the comment they are m10 stainless steel bolts and I used rivnuts pressed into the tray. And they are still going strong 💪🏻
Cheers mate, will have a look, I was going to use Tek screws, but that seems dodgey to me. 😂
@@M3gsy42 haha yeah dodgy but not depend how many you use I suppose haha I just have a rivnut gun so I used it but they are worth the investment man I just got mine off eBay
Hey mate really enjoyed the videos you did. There’s not allot of material around on building alloy trays so Thankyou for giving some really good content. I’m currently building an alloy tray as well for the hilux and I’m at the stage of the main rails going in and mounts. I’m just wondering if you had the dimensions still on how long you made the mounts and what measurement you set your main C channel rails at.
I’ve got roughly 305mm from outside edge of the tray to the main rail. Just wondering if you got close to the same ?
Yeah I have herd that aye maybe I got mine just in time 😂 it really depends on where you want your head board to sit for the hight man and that it governed off how high it is from the sheet to the window what I did was get a straight edge and ran it along the chassis mounts then measured up to the window. Then you just take away what it is from the headboard to bottom of tray and that will give you your hight. And as for the c channel width that depends on how wide you made your tray as well man. 🤙🏻 I hope this help out. Do you have c channel or rhs for your main rail ?
Hi mate great work I have a Hilux and I’m thinking of making something like that for it…. Mate if you need any help in the future with welding I’m a fabrication engineer/ boiler maker if easier a welder anything you need mate by all means more than happy to help,
well done great to see you giving it a crack keep it up…
Thanks mate I’ll keep you in mind for next time 🤙🏻
Hi i am buying a Nissan Terrano 1995 to chop and make a tray here in the Philippines, I like your design but mine will have to be steel,
Nice mate