by William_Foster on Fri, 26 Apr 2019 8:18 +0000
Thanks Mark. I have travelled over 3,100km in the last week across the Great Central Road and a few other tracks around the East and West MacDonnell Ranges that have put the joints to the test; thankfully this time there have been no problems yet, so I think I can finally be happy with them. Although now I want to test building one of those Travel Buddy Ovens into the design some how.
They are simply secured using ratchet straps, I have the standard Toyota securing hook points at the back of the tray, then just weave the straps through the securing points for the canopy, then I have made cut outs in the stands that you can’t see where the ratchet straps connect and get tightened. In the photos you can probably see an elbow sticking out of the back of the stands, this touches on the top of the tyre well, which makes sure that when the straps are tensioned everything sits flat and strong. Since Mk 11 I haven’t had a problem there, in the first attempt thats where the weakness was, even though it was strapped in the base would slip out on rough roads which caused the structure to fail under the weight of the tool boxes.
2013 Toyota Hilux SR5
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