chassis extention

[andres 24hr recovery]

hi can anyone help with my quest. i want to extend a crewcab tipper and convert it to a 16 foot recovery bed, its a r reg trannywith a 8 foot tipper. any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks andre

[transitgeoff]

Hi already done that, i cut the chassie 1 meter behind the cab, then i cut another truck behind the cab as close as, then i bought a sheet of 3mm steel and some lenths of 50mm box section i then cut some 1 meter lenghts of the steel and box exactly the same height as the internal chassie, then i drilled the steel and plug the holes with a strong mig creating a sandwich plate, the internal width of the chassie is 56mm so the box and 2 slices of steel are perfect, then i drilled plenty of holes in the 2 parts of chassie so when the sandwich was inserted it could be welded, i then marked centre of the sandwich and inserted it into the cab half of the project,i welded the holes, then i brought the rear end to meet it and with the aid of ratchet straps and mates i slid them together and zipped it all up, perfect, my mate bought it from me at leasr 3 years ago and uses it daily, i made up a 4 piece prop with 3 centre bearings works a treat obviously you can cut the 2 chassies where you need to get the required lenght then i put in a 99 turbo motor removed the epic,chucked on a bosch and tweeked the pump he phoned me not long after he bought it saying he was returning from Coventry with a Jensen Interceptor on the back doing 90

[transitgeoff]

oh and one tip dont gas weld it, or use a mickey mouse mig,you dont want it seperating

[FredTransit]

Isn't the R reg the model with the axle at the back of the chassis? Try getting chassis extentions from Ford, though I think you will only get 1-1.5M on the back this way at best.

[andres 24hr recovery]

thanks geoff. thats great i will try that , what lenth bed did you get and was it a crewcab.

[ovlov]

Dont no if this is any good but a breakers near us have or had a couple of months ago a W reg tw pick up with a fire damaged cab but an excellent chassis we got a tow bar off it, its near Middlesbrough might have gone by now there wasnt much of it left Let me know and Ill try and find out if its still there if its any good to you

[ovlov]

Visited the yard today and they've crushed this van. Had a good clean out scrap must be a good price

[100ps_drw_hicube]

:shock: Visited the yard today and they've crushed this van. Had a good clean out scrap must be a good price

yep 55 a ton down here for steel/cast