My GU Canopy Build Up

[GUtsy ute]

G'day Rossco,
I have'nt noticed any blind spots at all, the tyres don't seem to block any light either.
Two are ample for me.
Maybe a small one down at towbar level for hooking up snatch straps orjacking.
I have a reversing camera hooked up to the GPS.
The GPS came with a wireless camera but it was hopeless, I bought a good camera
that is a cable type and is brilliant.
I'll put up some pics of it if you would like to see it.

How's that great setup of yours working out?
Are you happy with the solar setup you have?

Cheers Gavin

[gregs]

GUtsy ute, firstly.....great setup. But a couple of questions if you please....did you do the ally welding on your setup and if so what with.

The glass and coffee cup holder looks like a piece of styrofoam with holes in it and carpet glued to it, did you have any drama gluing the carpet directly to the styrofoam and did you use a hole saw to cut the holes? Love the idea by the way, I would like to do something like this for our camper tailer.

Cheers

Greg

[frenzy]

Mate,
Very nice work.
Would love to see those drawers closeup. My next project....
Cheers,
Steve

[DX grunt]

More than happy with the set up. Just come back from 2 weeks at the beach and no probs at all.

I gotta sort out where to put the panels. They work very well, but are heavy to move around all the time.

Gotta get a reversing camera/gps set up soon. I'm having a few near misses because of the blind spots, but I'll get there.

Rossco

[Cuppa]

Looks great & well thought out Gavin. Wish I had your construction skills with the aluminium. I see you made long timber draws for underneath the canopy, they look like somethin I might try myself .... but do you have any issues keeping stuff in there dry & dustproof? Others have told me stories of moisture & dust getting in to form excellent griding paste, & there's still red dust inside mine from Telstra's use around Alice.

Cuppa

[GUtsy ute]

GUtsy ute, firstly.....great setup. But a couple of questions if you please....did you do the ally welding on your setup and if so what with.

The glass and coffee cup holder looks like a piece of styrofoam with holes in it and carpet glued to it, did you have any drama gluing the carpet directly to the styrofoam and did you use a hole saw to cut the holes? Love the idea by the way, I would like to do something like this for our camper tailer.

Cheers

Greg

Hi Greg,

Yes I did the welding on the setup, some of it with the mig and some with the HF tig.
I hadn't done any ally welding for quite a few years before this project, so was quite rusty
but got the hang of it in the end.

The cup and glass holder is made from a shredded plastic type foam which is as light as
styrofoam but not brittle and easily damaged as styrofoam.
You can't damage it by handling it.
It is used for packing and cushioning fragile goods during transport.
Yes, I used holesaws to cut out the holes and found they cut the foam more cleanly
by going in reverse.
I used contact cement to glue the carpet on, holds really well.

The foam came in machinery packing crates from Germany, so I don't know where to source
it here.

[GUtsy ute]

Mate,
Very nice work.
Would love to see those drawers closeup. My next project....
Cheers,
Steve

Hi Steve,
Just shoot me a PM when you would like to have a look, any time is OK with me.

Cheers G avin

[GUtsy ute]

Looks great & well thought out Gavin. Wish I had your construction skills with the aluminium. I see you made long timber draws for underneath the canopy, they look like somethin I might try myself .... but do you have any issues keeping stuff in there dry & dustproof? Others have told me stories of moisture & dust getting in to form excellent griding paste, & there's still red dust inside mine from Telstra's use around Alice.

Cuppa

Hi Cuppa,
When I had the canopy off during the changeover, I put a light in the compartments
and got underneath with a sikaflex gun and sealed every place I could see light coming through.
Gave it all a good clean before sealing.
I also put self adhesive rubber tape around the door to seal it as well.
The hinge lets in a tiny amount of dust but nothing to worry about.
I glued carpet under the drawers to make them smoother to pull in and out.
We've done quite a few trips with negligable dust getting in the drawers.

Cheers Gavin

[Cuppa]

I might have to try that without taking the canopy off. Bugger of a job I reckon, but I don't really want to be taking it off now. I was told of some Telstra shovel handles being ground down to a point!

Cuppa

[gregs]

Hi Greg,

Yes I did the welding on the setup, some of it with the mig and some with the HF tig.
I hadn't done any ally welding for quite a few years before this project, so was quite rusty
but got the hang of it in the end.

The cup and glass holder is made from a shredded plastic type foam which is as light as
styrofoam but not brittle and easily damaged as styrofoam.
You can't damage it by handling it.
It is used for packing and cushioning fragile goods during transport.
Yes, I used holesaws to cut out the holes and found they cut the foam more cleanly
by going in reverse.
I used contact cement to glue the carpet on, holds really well.

The foam came in machinery packing crates from Germany, so I don't know where to source
it here.

GUtsy ute, thanks for the reply. I am thinking of making a new set or drawers for the patrol and thought ally might be the way to go, just have to look into see whether I can get a kit to make my little mig do the job. The cost of the ally might be the limiting factor, looks like some more research is needed. I will have to do more searching for this foam though, sounds like good stuff.

Cheers

Greg