Witchdoctor Oz
Adventurer
Initially we purchased our 90 to tow our off road camper & for my wife to use as the daily drive. After a few trips away with the camper trailer we decided that the type of touring we do was never going to really work pulling a trailer & we could not afford to change the 4x4 to a larger type.
This set a major change in motion, building a Defender 90 into an Australian remote travel truck. First we needed a rack to carry some of our camping gear on. After some time with a pencil & paper I came up with a design, send it off to my CAD man. I used all alloy box section, alloy sheet & stainless steel. I wanted it to be clean lined, strong, light & a little different. The rack legs are made from 6mm S/S & I came up with a tie down that is neat & tidy.
The ladder could not cover the number plate so had to be a small one like you can buy off the shelf but really how do you get your foot on the fist rung! With a little thought I really like the idea of a sliding ladder that when deployed was 400mm to the first rung & when closed up did not cover the number plate, win win. Now I only weigh 65Kg but I did get a mate that weighs 125Kg to test it due to the cantilever & it did not break or even bend.
Very happy with the first two items on this build up.
More of the build to come.
Cheers
Dave
This set a major change in motion, building a Defender 90 into an Australian remote travel truck. First we needed a rack to carry some of our camping gear on. After some time with a pencil & paper I came up with a design, send it off to my CAD man. I used all alloy box section, alloy sheet & stainless steel. I wanted it to be clean lined, strong, light & a little different. The rack legs are made from 6mm S/S & I came up with a tie down that is neat & tidy.
The ladder could not cover the number plate so had to be a small one like you can buy off the shelf but really how do you get your foot on the fist rung! With a little thought I really like the idea of a sliding ladder that when deployed was 400mm to the first rung & when closed up did not cover the number plate, win win. Now I only weigh 65Kg but I did get a mate that weighs 125Kg to test it due to the cantilever & it did not break or even bend.
Very happy with the first two items on this build up.
More of the build to come.
Cheers
Dave