I have an old freeway slide on which is coming to the end of its days, and besides being very heavy(840kgs), has a wood frame and isn,t really suited to the semi off road stuff that I do, so I am building a new one. Steel welded fram, fits my 8x4 tray , lower , simpler.Here's a few pics of the frame. Will post more as it progresses.Bill
Hey Bill, that will be good as is mate in that tropical climate up there. Plenty of ventilation. Just put a tarp over the top when it rains.
Make sure you keep the progress pics coming.
bill12 said
10:48 AM Sep 8, 2014
There's always a comedian in the crowd. The top and deckis 9mm structural ply, and the sides will be 7mm. All glued and teq screwed.Painted with solar resistant paint outside and Sikans varnish inside.Still figuring out where the cuboards and seats go. Will post as it progresses. Bill
Mike C said
04:31 PM Sep 8, 2014
Dougwe wrote:
Hey Bill, that will be good as is mate in that tropical climate up there. Plenty of ventilation. Just put a tarp over the top when it rains.
Make sure you keep the progress pics coming.
Not for ventilation.. its the ultimate low drag design to minimise fuel consumption.
Seriously
looking Good Bill.. a few more man hours to go tho..
cheers
Mike
bill12 said
04:50 PM Sep 8, 2014
Yeah, just taking my time , and doing a lot of thinking.Still have the freeway on the back of the truck, and will take it up to the Cape in early OCT, to see the rellies. Have a nephew who lives at Bamaga. Bill
I missed this thread, Bill. As to where the cupboards and seats go, I reckon inside, mate. Funnily enuff, I bumped into a bloke today at the Mall who has a Freeway like ours - more like yours with the base designed to fit a tub ute - sitting on a flat tray Falcon ute. He's a member here and I think his nick is freedom at last. I told him about you and your wealth of knowledge... as well as the Ironman helper springs. He wanted to know how much the Freeway weighs, and then mentioned the timber frame.
Meanwhile, congrats on building your own slide on. Sounds like a great idea... cheaper than buying one, and a chance to get creative.
I have an old freeway
slide on which is coming to the end of its days, and besides being very heavy(840kgs), has a wood frame and isn,t really suited to the semi off road stuff that I do, so I am building a new one. Steel welded fram, fits my 8x4 tray , lower , simpler.Here's a few pics of the frame. Will post more as it progresses.Bill
Make sure you keep the progress pics coming.
Not for ventilation.. its the ultimate low drag design to minimise fuel consumption.
Seriously
looking Good Bill.. a few more man hours to go tho..
cheers
Mike
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Meanwhile, congrats on building your own slide on. Sounds like a great idea... cheaper than buying one, and a chance to get creative.