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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:57 pm ] |
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So today I worked on a top. I have enough supplies to make one for each gator. Took a hodge podge of items I've had for years. 2 pick up truck bed extenders. One stainless and one aluminum. 1 Profesional carpet cleaner wand Mics u clamps that came with a bunch of ham radio stuff I just bought a few weeks ago. Pieces from a trampoline frame The three supports are stainless and the roof area is framed in aluminum. The supports sit on a slip fit joint and the whole thing lifts right off. The two rails in the bed are not attached yet not sure about them yet. May just use a small tarp to cover it or may try to cover it with aluminum. The center rail is a couple inches higher to help she'd water. The only thing I had to buy were 5.00$ worth of eye bolts. I have everything here to make an exact copy for the other one. Update. After looking at it I'm gonna make the center bar level and cover the complete top in a sheet of aluminum. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 5:01 pm ] | |||
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 5:21 pm ] |
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Sorry about the double pics. I don't know how to remove the doubles. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:00 pm ] | ||
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So what do you guys think of this back section? I think it looks better
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| Author: | canadian oddy [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:36 pm ] |
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Looks good actually. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:28 pm ] |
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Well thank you. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:55 pm ] | |||
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Worked on number 2 today. I ran out of bolts and sheet metal screws. The sheet of aluminum came from a huge score board. I have about 10 sheets. Fit perfect. I will trim the back and front corners when I'm done.
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:33 pm ] |
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After looking at them I'm gonna chop the top and drop it as well as shorten the roof,the overhang. I'm gonna keep the one the way it is though. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:32 pm ] | ||
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What's wrong with this picture?
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| Author: | canadian oddy [ Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:56 pm ] |
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LOL. Well the bends are a bit off but who cares -- are you building a show car or just something for around the yard. No need to impress anyone. |
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| Author: | dipnadactyl [ Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:01 pm ] |
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canadian oddy wrote: LOL. Well the bends are a bit off but who cares -- are you building a show car or just something for around the yard. No need to impress anyone. to paraphrase: Ain't nothing wrong with that picture! Move on, there's a lot more tinkering to do around that property. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:17 pm ] |
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I put the corner bar in backwards. I have to remove the aluminum sheet and fix it. It will bug me. Told the wife I needed sheet metal screws and she looked at me like I was nuts. Forgot I bought about 30lbs of them and I have more aluminum and all the time in the world. So I left it for today and finished up the roof on the other one. I shortened the height and length by about 3" and I like it better. Still have to mount the bars in the bed. New batteries are installed and I replaced the fuel filters. Have to tube one tire but I'm almost done. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:19 pm ] | ||
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:28 pm ] |
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So I'm thinking I will make a half windshield using police riot shields cut in half. I'll come up with something. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:33 am ] |
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Dismantled the first roof and redid it. Also cut it down like the other roof. Just need to lay a aluminum panel up there and trace and cut it. Weather anyone sees it or not I would always know it was screwed up and would bug me. Just because I have tons of stuff sitting around here it doesn't mean I don't like to do stuff the right way and I do take pride in my work. And I have a whole 5$ in both tops 2.50$ each. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:56 pm ] |
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Finished up the second gator yesterday. Added front and rear bumper made out of aluminum pipe. Not aluminum tubing this is gauge seamless pipe. Real strong. U bolt in the front bumper is bolted to the frame so it's pretty sturdy. I sprayed the inside of the roof with undercoating to deaden sound and I rivited in my fiberglass cross braces. It's way quieter now. Also traced down every rattle and now it is rattle free. I replaced all sheet metal screws with rivits. Had to do it. Last but not least I made a cover for my indicator lights. Cheap me didn't want to pay 10$ for one. I cut it out of a green plastic tub and used pieces of a broken tail light for the lenses. I drilled holes around the edge of the cover to let silacone fill the holes and help it to stay there. So by my final tally including a new battery and new key I'm in for about 285$ as it sits. So back to the buggy ,,I ordered a new keyway and it won't be here until Monday so I'm gonna mess with the 6x4 until then. I'll start a post on it for anyone who may care. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:04 pm ] | |||||||
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| Author: | canadian oddy [ Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:59 pm ] |
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Damn that thing actually looks good. Good work. Now what ?? What ya gona use it for ?? |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:40 pm ] |
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Thank you. Hauling stuff around the yard, stuff that's not worth getting the tractor out for. Also got 13 heavily wooded acres that I use to have trails cut through for my other gator and I'll work on opening them back up. Havent seen my back corner for about 8 years. Also will use it to cruz around the national Forrest when I don't feel like hauling butt in the Dakart. The other one is at my mom's and she uses it to pick up sticks and haul planting soil around. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:05 pm ] | |||
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Did a few new things to the gator. I'm gonna take it out to the national Forrest tomorrow and needed a few things done. First off I added a gasket waterproof box in the bed to protect my recovery gear and anything else I want to keep dry. The turnbuckles hold it firmly in place and it sits on a Section of anti fatigue mat to eliminate the box from sliding. The two sections of orange fiberglass keep the turnbuckles from distorting the box. I can remove it I just a minute or two. The box originally held 2 portable oxygen tanks and masks.
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:10 pm ] | |||
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Next I needed a windshield. This was a sneeze guard from one of the serving tables I bought when I bought the gators. It already had the hinges and stainless plates on the sides. I just had to cut it to fit which took a bit of time to get it right. Since the pics i trimmed the rubber spacer under the hinges where they bokt to the hood. The windshield has no scratches marks ect. It looks like new. I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:15 pm ] | |||
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Since the pics I added a stick on rubber foot to the middle of the windshield to rest on the hood. It's just temporary.
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