I am making a conscious effort to share more of my work if it gets a bit tedious by all means let me know!
A farm down the road got a lovely ex mod wagon that had been used to carry ibc tanks of “acid” as you can imagine that stuff ate the bed metal like a hungry caterpillar
Of course the bed was made from pressed channel about 2mm thick so that was all converted to rectangular Box section mainly 2.5mm thick
The chassis runners where 100x50x5mm
The main bed frame and headboard 120x60x3mm
The rest in 100x50x2.5
Construction was easy enugh just lots of drilling vent holes for galv and actually working out how to get it out the workshop once built
Little one ton block was earning its keep trying to flip it into position for welding!
I was also very brave and drilled all the chassis mounting holes pre galv using the old bed as a reference, the danger was i al
Notoriously bad with a tape measure and theirs only 3-4mm of play overall.
To get it out the workshop i hoisted it up and slid the 12 ft flatbed under it, the bed was 18 ft long and 8ft wide
The 1/2 mile trip to the galvanising drop off was particularly fun
I never took enugh pictures but you can see the 30x30 angle that has all been peer drilled to take the cup square bolts for the flooring, I done this so I only had to use 30mm bolts, and drill one hole as apposed to two thru the box section and need a (well 150x) 130mm bolts!
Flooring was buffalo board, and the head board height was the height to exactly use the off cut from thr floor at £110 a sheet I wasn’t wasting a inch
This is where the time spent pre drilling before galv paid off
Meanwhile the chassis had been shot blasted painted and sealed with lanogaurd as per the customer request,
Pictures Dont so justice as to how clean a wagon this is, i don’t need one but you know when you get thinking “I think I need a wagon”
Would you believe all them chassis bolts where perfect! Wonders never cease
Last steps-that I was not supposed to be doing but they called me in to do for them-fitting side lights, side rails, mud guards and stock box! The box will be this wagons sole job with this owner.
thou at the moment i can’t seem to find a end product picture
Many thanks for looking
A farm down the road got a lovely ex mod wagon that had been used to carry ibc tanks of “acid” as you can imagine that stuff ate the bed metal like a hungry caterpillar
Of course the bed was made from pressed channel about 2mm thick so that was all converted to rectangular Box section mainly 2.5mm thick
The chassis runners where 100x50x5mm
The main bed frame and headboard 120x60x3mm
The rest in 100x50x2.5
Construction was easy enugh just lots of drilling vent holes for galv and actually working out how to get it out the workshop once built
Little one ton block was earning its keep trying to flip it into position for welding!
I was also very brave and drilled all the chassis mounting holes pre galv using the old bed as a reference, the danger was i al
Notoriously bad with a tape measure and theirs only 3-4mm of play overall.
To get it out the workshop i hoisted it up and slid the 12 ft flatbed under it, the bed was 18 ft long and 8ft wide
The 1/2 mile trip to the galvanising drop off was particularly fun
I never took enugh pictures but you can see the 30x30 angle that has all been peer drilled to take the cup square bolts for the flooring, I done this so I only had to use 30mm bolts, and drill one hole as apposed to two thru the box section and need a (well 150x) 130mm bolts!
Flooring was buffalo board, and the head board height was the height to exactly use the off cut from thr floor at £110 a sheet I wasn’t wasting a inch
This is where the time spent pre drilling before galv paid off
Meanwhile the chassis had been shot blasted painted and sealed with lanogaurd as per the customer request,
Pictures Dont so justice as to how clean a wagon this is, i don’t need one but you know when you get thinking “I think I need a wagon”
Would you believe all them chassis bolts where perfect! Wonders never cease
Last steps-that I was not supposed to be doing but they called me in to do for them-fitting side lights, side rails, mud guards and stock box! The box will be this wagons sole job with this owner.
thou at the moment i can’t seem to find a end product picture
Many thanks for looking
