Hi guys, just looking for some advice.
I previously used a defender 90 pickup around the farm for doing some jobs, ended up selling it on due to having quite a bit of money invested in it. Ended up missing it for moving trailers around in the wet etc
So started looking at discovery one and twos as they can come up quite cheap lately. I have looked into doing a trayback because it will be functional, and will enable the frame to be shortened.
The longranger fibreglass kit is the best part of £800 to buy link here:
http://www.longranger.net/all-products/discovery-series-2-tray-back.html
I have seen quite alot of people just doing it in steel so:
what size would people recommend to use?
I am thinking of putting a rear sliding window in it, probably in the height that the defender pickup ones are, then below that a fold in the steel to strengthen and it will be bent towards to body so it doesnt look like one sheet of steel 'stuck' on there.
Welding wise, i have mig and tig, i think mig will be the best for this application, correct me if i am wrong?
Or is it worth just coughing up the £800 and panel bond and rivet the fibreglass kit on?
I previously used a defender 90 pickup around the farm for doing some jobs, ended up selling it on due to having quite a bit of money invested in it. Ended up missing it for moving trailers around in the wet etc
So started looking at discovery one and twos as they can come up quite cheap lately. I have looked into doing a trayback because it will be functional, and will enable the frame to be shortened.
The longranger fibreglass kit is the best part of £800 to buy link here:
http://www.longranger.net/all-products/discovery-series-2-tray-back.html
I have seen quite alot of people just doing it in steel so:
what size would people recommend to use?
I am thinking of putting a rear sliding window in it, probably in the height that the defender pickup ones are, then below that a fold in the steel to strengthen and it will be bent towards to body so it doesnt look like one sheet of steel 'stuck' on there.
Welding wise, i have mig and tig, i think mig will be the best for this application, correct me if i am wrong?
Or is it worth just coughing up the £800 and panel bond and rivet the fibreglass kit on?