[Jezza86]

and i changed my wheel arch design, so its practically the same as yours ZN... lol

[zukenutter]

I tried a lot of different shapes before I decided. Was harder than I thought it would be.

[Jezza86]

the consensus is I still cannot weld...

[jake84]

hey dude im still trying to get my trade completed to get the F out of this one im in lol
dont worry about how it looks as long as its welded on both sides thats what matter

[Jezza86]

i made the rear door for this last weekend. think im going to chuck my rods in the oven tonight.
i have a bucket with a lid and enough desiccant to keep the rods dry. makes it so much easier to weld.
my welds will have to be pretty good but. they have to be able to handle the Central Arnhem road to go anywhere.

[jake84]

i would be drying your rods out and checking if they have any air doubles in them

[Jezza86]

nah they wernt wet wet,but troppical humidity wet
anyway i did things today... put the steel in to support the inner guards/ wheel arches.
pics taken at lunchtime, so less then half way through.


and gave myself a burn...

[Jezza86]

found 7 tubes of off selastic after cutting cleaning and prepping all the surfaces to panel the trailer up.
should not keep that stuff in the shed where it hits 60"C...

bought some more, so i can finish the rear door today if the power stays on...

[jake84]

great stuff
are you going to tow that trailer with the zook

[Jezza86]

yep. not planing on it being quick or anything but as its both lighter and more aerodynamic then my boat theres a chance ill get better then 15l/100k, which is what i get with the boat

[jake84]

great set up

my concern with this is will it put strain on your motor on long trips causing it to over heat

[Jezza86]

it dosent towing the boat. im not concerned

[jake84]

thats great stuff

[Jezza86]

free toolbox

fits 4 jerri cans


started paneling the wheel arches on with more sikaflex after finding 7 tubes of off sika in the shed.
this lots getting stored in the beer fridge

[atari4x4]

will be interesting to see how heavy this thing ends up being fully loaded.

[Jezza86]

Well it will get a tare weight after going over the pits...

[joel]

zukenutter wrote:

I don't want to hate but you'll be working hard to tow it. Is 500kg the fully laden weight?

nah not a problem mate.
i towed 1.1t of loaded trailer from darwin to brisbane. in an auto, wasnt to bad, wouldnt want to do it everyday mind you.

[zukenutter]

Geez Joel, that comment was from a long way back

[Jezza86]

and going down to put the wheels back on now XD
went and saw the bloke at the local tyre shop who never called me.
he reordered my trailer tyres and rims after selling the ones i ordered to a f150 owner.
so looks like ill have 8 bfgkm2's in total, with a spare for the trailer and the car.

[zukenutter]

Jezza86 wrote:

Did you cap the ends of the frame? If not maybe leave access for getting a hose up there.
I poured engine oil down the two open ends that I have to combat rust. Yours may not see the salt as often as mine though.

Maybe just those plastic end cap plugs, then it would be sealed and accessible.

[Jezza86]

actually plan on purging and filling it with lab grade dry nitrogen

[Jezza86]

yay, airfreight bolts!

[zukenutter]

Jezza86 wrote:

actually plan on purging and filling it with lab grade dry nitrogen

What will that do?

[Jezza86]

0 oxygen, 0 moisture. it cant rust inside. in fact its impossible unless it gets unsealed. like a collision or something.
clearly that's the optimal focal length for my phones camera too. best detail I've ever seen it give!

[Jezza86]

finally finished the wheel arches and welded up (sorta, I cant actually weld) the front door to stop the wind getting in.
just need to attach the front door with something, weld the rear door hinges on, fit the lights and the side pannels.

[Jezza86]

Rear door has lights just need to mount it now!
it was dark but i finished welding the hinges onto the door. looking at the welds im not sure if i got enough penetration but i bunged a whole heap of metal in for good measure.
tomorrow it will be weld the other half of the hinges onto the trailer ass end and mount the door. then i can cut bits out of the door to mount the latches

[Jezza86]

didn't mount the latches but wired the positive for the electric breaks!
and welded the hinges onto the trailer and mounted the rear door. kinda feel like I'm getting the hang of this welding stuff. only caught fire twice today.

[Jezza86]

trailer lights work. then i went and found a bottle of vodka, and called some mates cos its sunday.

surprisingly i wired up all the lights first go from memory. and they work (tested it with the zook(also almost gassed myself with the zook exhaust cos its rich as farkkk))

[zukenutter]

Finished this yet?

[Jezza86]

nope. started a new job as "chemical process and modeling engineer"
i prefered the job title "mine shaman" but aparantly thats a legitimate qualification in rio tinto and im not qualified for it.......

all i need to actually do is weld tubes in the tow hitch, weld the hitch plate on, put a latch on the rear door, glue on the sides, add reflectors and take it to be roadwortheyed/rejoed.

but instead im moving house. again...