Australian Style Flatbed and Canopy Build

[TopoRanger]

Nice welding, Im in my 60s & have seen my share of "welders" who think "the bigger the glob the better the job"

Very nice

Hahaha never heard that one!! But thank you! There’s certain angles that I get myself into and weld then I look back at it and say you idiot that looks like shit. Haha but I love this kind of stuff. I’m right at home when I’m building crap like this. But here’s both sides!

I’m ready for Sunday now! I’m so excited to get the rest of the parts I drew up. I’m not going to cut my day with the gf short but I’ll be waiting for the FedEx notification to ring on my phone for delivery on Sunday.

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[Cmar]

Nice welding, Im in my 60s & have seen my share of "welders" who think "the bigger the glob the better the job"

Very nice

Yep all piled on top and next to no penetration, all good until you actually stress the joint, and then "ting" oops.

 

[TopoRanger]

Got the light panel tacked in and starting to fully weld it up!

 

[9zero1790]

its lookin awesome!!! jealous of the skills and gear you have.

 

[TopoRanger]

 

[TopoRanger]

its lookin awesome!!! jealous of the skills and gear you have.

Ah man I’m no where close to being skilled. I just really enjoy building stuff like this. It’s my therapy haha.

 

[9zero1790]

Ah man I’m no where close to being skilled. I just really enjoy building stuff like this. It’s my therapy haha.

well if it helps with the therapy progress you can build me stuff for the ranger anytime lol.

 

[TopoRanger]

Making pretty fast work on the fenders.

 

[Glocker]

Making pretty fast work on the fenders.

This is coming out phenomenal.

 

[TopoRanger]

This is coming out phenomenal.

Thanks bud! I am loving the look of the fenders up against the tray. I can’t wait to get everything on the truck now!

 

[TopoRanger]

Loving how the fenders will sit when they get mounted up.

 

[Danager]

Just had this pop up on my Facebook. Made me think of your project and what to do with the original bed.

 

[Jim C]

And this

 

[TopoRanger]

Just had this pop up on my Facebook. Made me think of your project and what to do with the original bed.

Haha I actually like that idea! I may hoist it up under the carport where my Turtleback trailer has been setting for ages. I need to sell that trailer too.

 

[TopoRanger]

Some of these pictures are looking a little repetitive but I promise I’m making progress haha. Got the fender tack welds ground down. I need to do a finish sanding on them to make them look better. But they are done for now. Next thing is to work on the rear center section for the Baja Designs S8 20” bar. It’s for tailgaters or the rear winch. Still not 100% on that light being there. But I’m sure this won’t be my last project like this. So why not put it in there right?

I also got some of these tabs cut out so I can organize wiring and other things like water lines too.

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