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itsintheblood · Aug 17, 2014

zr105 said:
If you could get the ball for the strut directly on the side of the mesh gate rather than up on the bracket it'll open up a little further for you. May need a slight bit of a lift to get it to start opening but will have no problem staying open. You might get away with drilling a small hole in outside edge and a larger hole on the back edge to get in at the nut

There isn't room , it doesn't help that it's curved at the top and is flush fitting
I played around with it for about a hour thinking the best way to mount it , but this was easiest

Will probably spray it now , just need to get some etch primer and satin black

itsintheblood · Aug 17, 2014

S J H said:
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Do this on the gator all the time

itsintheblood · Aug 17, 2014

exmoor dave said:
gas strut is a very good idea!

It seems to stop the rattle that's normally all ways there

zr105 · Aug 17, 2014

itsintheblood said:
There isn't room , it doesn't help that it's curved at the top and is flush fitting
I played around with it for about a hour thinking the best way to mount it , but this was easiest

Will probably spray it now , just need to get some etch primer and satin black

Ah! Sorry only realised now when its shut its inside the top

Hookwood · Aug 17, 2014

itsintheblood said:
There isn't room , it doesn't help that it's curved at the top and is flush fitting
I played around with it for about a hour thinking the best way to mount it , but this was easiest

Will probably spray it now , just need to get some etch primer and satin black

Why don't you mount it at the inside? Then the gasstrut wil be under it when you open it and therefore it will open wider.

itsintheblood · Aug 17, 2014

Hookwood said:
Why don't you mount it at the inside? Then the gasstrut wil be under it when you open it and therefore it will open wider.

Because of the curved top of the tailgate the strut can only be mounted in the position I've bolted it in , the angle and radius of the strut is the same weather it's on the inside or outside and as the tailgate flush mounts on the inside it won't open any more

exmoor dave · Aug 17, 2014

itsintheblood said:
There isn't room , it doesn't help that it's curved at the top and is flush fitting
I played around with it for about a hour thinking the best way to mount it , but this was easiest

Will probably spray it now , just need to get some etch primer and satin black

that's going to look so A-team

Happy hillbily · Aug 18, 2014

itsintheblood said:
Because of the curved top of the tailgate the strut can only be mounted in the position I've bolted it in , the angle and radius of the strut is the same weather it's on the inside or outside and as the tailgate flush mounts on the inside it won't open any more

Make a bracket that bolts on to the mesh tailgate to bring the top strut closer inline to the pivot point of the hinge and move the bottom pin of the strut up higher by the sam amount, that will allow it to open higher, I hope that makes sense, I think :scratchhead:

Andrew · Aug 18, 2014

itsintheblood said:
Because of the curved top of the tailgate the strut can only be mounted in the position I've bolted it in , the angle and radius of the strut is the same weather it's on the inside or outside and as the tailgate flush mounts on the inside it won't open any more

What happens if you turn the strut the other way up, so its at the bottom of the tailgate and top of the cover - so its nearer horizontal when open?

mph04 · Aug 21, 2014

How do you lay pipe at the same time or where you putting stone down as you subsoil

Badshot · Aug 21, 2014

mph04 said:
How do you lay pipe at the same time or where you putting stone down as you subsoil

The pipe goes down a tube behind the leg, I then added a box behind this with a hopper on to put a foot of stone on top

scholland · Aug 21, 2014

@itsintheblood. Here are a couple of picture of how my gas struts attach if it's any use.

itsintheblood · Aug 21, 2014

scholland said:
@itsintheblood. Here are a couple of picture of how my gas struts attach if it's any use.

Thanks very much ,

scholland · Aug 21, 2014

itsintheblood said:
Thanks very much ,

No problem

Poorbuthappy · Aug 22, 2014

It was intended as a quick fix, it's certainly a bodge!

nick... · Aug 22, 2014

Thats ok,job done
Nick...

jimmer · Aug 24, 2014

make shift canteen using 45 gallon drum and the top off of an old washing machine

roscoe erf · Aug 25, 2014

saw this and don't know why thought of you @jimmer then thought hang on @exmoor dave would love one

exmoor dave · Aug 25, 2014

going to need to watch some more of his videos......i see flame throwing hands!

Pan mixer · Aug 25, 2014

I thought that I would put this in this thread since you won't all have seen it elsewhere

It is my home made vibrating beam for slab laying. It consists of one good single phase motor and anothe deceased motor with the windings pushed out and a lump of metal welded to the armature.

Place on far end of the formers, fill area with concrete, plug in, place operative at each end to steer, tow down the formers with a forklift very slowly.

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