Re: SKarosser Copy Scratch Home build?????
Posted: April 12th, 2018, 8:48 pm
Finished cutting the fiberglass sheet to fit some of the remaining areas.
I need to order more sheet for the roof, under the cab over bed and a few other bits and pieces. Emailed the company for a quote Will wait until next month before I order it as it hasn't got any cheaper I should get away with the same as I had initially which was 6m by 2.5m 2mm thick. Last time I left it rolled up for about 9 months before I unrolled it. Big, Big mistake. I hope that unrolling it virtually as soon as it arrives it wont be like a coiled spring
It wasn't welding weather but the engine lift arrived yesterday so spent the afternoon in the damp foggy conditions assembling and trying to see if it will lift the cover off straight out of the box, as it were.
Things went more or less as expected......you must be joking
The assembly instructions were a bit like "Put it together carefully" After trying castors in the wrong places, putting the bolts in the wrong way up, in the wrong holes of course I finally got a working engine lift, that wouldn't get close enough to the side of the truck. There were no washers for the castor bolts so they stuck though too far acting as a stop. Resulting in about a 60-degree rotation. Washers when I back at work
With a longer arm, it would work
The review I read said the castors were too small for rough ground, they were and I idea of larger rear castors to increase the arm height would work although as the frame straddling the rear wheel get higher, the wheel diameter increases meaning the frame gets even farther away resulting in a longer still arm
The next try faired even worse
Nowhere near the centerline.
They say 3rd time lucky
Well it wasn't exactly suited, but I liked how promising it looked
It was almost to the middle of the cover and with someone doing the steadying it would lift up and off. You cant put it down, mind, but one step at a time
What it needs is a parallel lift mechanism to be able to keep it steady and be able to lower it to ground level.
Using some of the original bolt holes, an additional arm with an extended head unit and ✖ shaped foot it might just do the trick
I think I might have enough pieces to give it a go and its the option I like the best because it means I won't need a boy scout to help. If I make the ✖ foot big enough it will miss the interior light and give a stable platform for lifting.
The thing did pack up quite well taking up not so much room although the markings on the arm "2 TON" might be applied to its weight as well as its lifting capability.
I think I might get my £140 back if I weighed it in for scrap (although it is chinese steel)
I'm hoping for a better day tomorrow. I can feel a touch of enthusiasm coming on and might need Friday off to get over it
I need to order more sheet for the roof, under the cab over bed and a few other bits and pieces. Emailed the company for a quote Will wait until next month before I order it as it hasn't got any cheaper I should get away with the same as I had initially which was 6m by 2.5m 2mm thick. Last time I left it rolled up for about 9 months before I unrolled it. Big, Big mistake. I hope that unrolling it virtually as soon as it arrives it wont be like a coiled spring
It wasn't welding weather but the engine lift arrived yesterday so spent the afternoon in the damp foggy conditions assembling and trying to see if it will lift the cover off straight out of the box, as it were.
Things went more or less as expected......you must be joking
The assembly instructions were a bit like "Put it together carefully" After trying castors in the wrong places, putting the bolts in the wrong way up, in the wrong holes of course I finally got a working engine lift, that wouldn't get close enough to the side of the truck. There were no washers for the castor bolts so they stuck though too far acting as a stop. Resulting in about a 60-degree rotation. Washers when I back at work
With a longer arm, it would work
The review I read said the castors were too small for rough ground, they were and I idea of larger rear castors to increase the arm height would work although as the frame straddling the rear wheel get higher, the wheel diameter increases meaning the frame gets even farther away resulting in a longer still arm
The next try faired even worse
Nowhere near the centerline.
They say 3rd time lucky
Well it wasn't exactly suited, but I liked how promising it looked
It was almost to the middle of the cover and with someone doing the steadying it would lift up and off. You cant put it down, mind, but one step at a time
What it needs is a parallel lift mechanism to be able to keep it steady and be able to lower it to ground level.
Using some of the original bolt holes, an additional arm with an extended head unit and ✖ shaped foot it might just do the trick
I think I might have enough pieces to give it a go and its the option I like the best because it means I won't need a boy scout to help. If I make the ✖ foot big enough it will miss the interior light and give a stable platform for lifting.
The thing did pack up quite well taking up not so much room although the markings on the arm "2 TON" might be applied to its weight as well as its lifting capability.
I think I might get my £140 back if I weighed it in for scrap (although it is chinese steel)
I'm hoping for a better day tomorrow. I can feel a touch of enthusiasm coming on and might need Friday off to get over it