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[VanGoOutdoors]

Forgot

 

Also had to pull this guy out.  

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[john cotterman]

What was the guy driving? 4wd or no?

[VanGoOutdoors]

What was the guy driving? 4wd or no?

of course not

[VanGoOutdoors]

Ive been a little lax in updating this, but alot of stuff has happened.

 

Old bed setup was just bolted to the frame.  no structure.  No bueno

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I built a frame for the flatbed consisting of three lateral bars and a few ladder bars to stiffen it all up

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Used 2 x 2 x 1/4" 6061 and 1.5 x 1.5 x 1/4 6061 to build the frame out. appropriate spacers for levelness. 

 

Laying out tailights

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bent the panels to make the rear tailight panels as well. 

 

I wanted to put patches up, so I ordered some veltex from industrialwebbing, and got to work

 

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Turned out great!

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Tacoma by Grant Wilson, on Flickr

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Then we had a hurricane. 

 

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I was on the news

 

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finished up the side doors and latches.  1/8 6061 aluminum with a nice bend in it so i can use the downward shooting lights on the camper. 

[klahanie]

^ Beauty. Thanks for posting this. I think it's a dynamite option for those looking outside storage. Oh ! to have access to a milling machine .

Edited by klahanie, 18 October 2017 - 11:28 PM.

[VanGoOutdoors]

^ Beauty. Thanks for posting this. I think it's a dynamite option for those looking outside storage. Oh ! to have access to a milling machine .

 

Look like you have a a rigid lip under the camper sides. We used cove base as a inexpensive "seal" against the folding side. Different set up but just a fwiw idea for gaps.

Nothing is designed or intended to be at all water proof or resistant.  Just a method to store and keep majority of debris out. 

[GoinBoardin]

Looking good. 

 

Is the Taco frame stiff enough to not be concerned about flex translating into the camper? 

[VanGoOutdoors]

Looking good. 

 

Is the Taco frame stiff enough to not be concerned about flex translating into the camper? 

maybe, maybe not?  Its no different than the tacoma bed it was mounted to before?

 

https://youtu.be/jTHa-dwuKNg

 

 

Video from the weekend with offroading and shenanigans 

Edited by broverlanding_tacoma, 18 October 2017 - 11:00 AM.

[VanGoOutdoors]

So we got a bit more work done. 

 

Framed out for the rear storage box/wheel well.  

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Have a sheet of 1/8 on the way, will be making the other side frame, backs and doors, then moving on to the front boxes.  

[VanGoOutdoors]

Driver side rear storage box is built.  Have to put the hinge on and latches for the door.  

Other side tub is built, but not installed yet. Will be finishing up next week after work over a few days. 

 

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