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BLM land. Plenty of room for them too.Nifty. Imagine coming across that on BLM land. I'm not sure where I will put the 6 Ninjas after it's all setup though.
I changed to 40’ container now. I have to do modifications in order to have a king size bed on top of the cab.i know it may sound strange, but what a refer box/trailer. it is already insulated, and can get a 20' box tck type, but since you are now talking 40', there are those in trailer form. yes, it limits the inside width by 4.5", but you won't have to worry bout temp changes. i know, well, know through a forestry forum, that use these as kilns for drying wood, and those temps get in to the 120-140 degree temp range and take quite a while to bring down in temp. you wouldn't have the bed over the cab, unless you do some modifying, but not saying it can't be done. iv seen them go for around 3-5k range.
Interesting. Tks for the advice. I will have a center of gravity calculated.Good luck with the build . I spent the last half of 2019 cutting a 20 ft container up to fit on a 1083 and its been a lot of work and 50 pounds of welding rods you should really think about dropping that height down as much as you can. If your not to far along on this build just go barrow /rent a 20 ft container and chain it down on your frame and try to get off the pavement in some really mild offroad conditions you will really see what the problem with the top heavy feeling of the truck it doesnt take but one little left right left on just a slight slope and it feels like its going over. I cut the bottom 1 foot off of the container and got my height down to 12 ft high and keeping all the heavy stuff centered on the center of the frame like water tanks and holding tanks house batteries ect. Then you dovetail the back end and cut your rear doors down to what ever suits you so u dont get hung on steep inclines and build you a seperate trailer garage like a 1082 so you can actually go off road and come home in one piece
Hi Chucky,If your not to far along on this build just go barrow /rent a 20 ft container and chain it down on your frame and try to get off the pavement in some really mild offroad conditions you will really see what the problem with the top heavy feeling of the truck it doesnt take but one little left right left on just a slight slope and it feels like its going over. I cut the bottom 1 foot off of the container and got my height down to 12 ft high and keeping all the heavy stuff centered on the center of the frame like water tanks and holding tanks house batteries ect. Then you dovetail the back end and cut your rear doors down to what ever suits you so u dont get hung on steep inclines and build you a seperate trailer garage like a 1082 so you can actually go off road and come home in one piece
That's what I intend to do, if I can put the truck back on the roadThat is true. They get flimsy when you cut them. You could use a 40’ and cut out the middle and weld the end back on
It's a 40' container, cut in half.The truck in that video is a 20’ container. I have a 40’ and can’t imagine wheels on that thing!
Yep. I spoke to himVery cool! There is a fellow in Canada that built one like this and has a tour of it on Youtube. His turned out very nice.
Looks great! When do you expect to start the build?Here's the last update on our project. We have time to work on the plans and equipment with Covid in our head ! Here in Quebec, the Government recommend to stay home and work remotely, so that's what we do.
I've been able to receive answer from Ontario Ministry of Transportation and I can register the truck there instead of Quebec. So it's a GO for us with the project, after Covid
We also decided to tow a trailer instead of having a garage.
Axles are at the original location on the drawing. I will have them moved to the rear.
Here's my engineer drawings ! Was a long time since I haven't touch Autacad
Everything is in French and measures in inches
JC
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Depends of the Covid for now !Looks great! When do you expect to start the build?
Are you still planning to do the same thing with the new truck?We have decided to sell the truck. There's too much to do on it in order to get it at her expectation.
We went for a long ride 2 days ago and we decided to buy a more comfortable one for our retirement project.
So here's the link to have the details about it M923A2 for sale
JC
Yes sir. Looking for a 10 wheels with all wheel driveAre you still planning to do the same thing with the new truck?
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