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Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:02 am
by grips
Started to build a swing arm to carry wood and gas cylinders last year for the Bots trip I missed.
After some measurements on the current swing arm I decided to buy one for the left side.

New one arrived way back in September last year. Did not have time to install. Yesterday was D-Day.
All the bits and pieces were spray painted and installed.
I am not going to modify the current swing arm leaving the option open for future use of extra spare tyre.
Plan to make brackets that fit on the OEM swing arm.
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Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:44 am
by Mad Manny
Nice Christo .

Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:48 am
by Paul#25
Christo, I made a removable cage for the spare wheel swingarm for a customer a while ago. He wanted it to hold 2 plastic containers or loose firewood and be able to lock. The way I made it he can either fit the wheel stud bracket or the cage. Your swingarm looks to be slightly different, but you could make a similar cage as to what I did. If you want any more photos I'll gladly send them to you.

Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:53 am
by Bugger
Lyk my jy gaan die keer reg wees vir die trip

Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:29 pm
by grips
Ok job finished.

I decided to go for a multipurpose setup.
First step was not to compromise the design of the swing arm to carry an extra spare.

So I can add the gas cylinders with a extra spare wheel.
Next extension the carrier for wood.

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Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:52 pm
by Mad Manny
OK, so you have two spare wheel swing arms.
The one carrys the spare.
The other one can carry:
Two gas cylinders, or...
Two gas cylinders and a spare, or...
Two gas cylinders and wood, or...
Just a spare.

Trip dependent configurations...

Neat!

Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:13 am
by Paul#25
Nice multi-functional design that gives you lots of options.
Hope you won't mind is I incorporate some of your design in future projects I might have. I have built a cage on a swingarm for carrying water bottles or wood for a customer a while ago so adding the gas cylinders is a nice idea.

Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 12:30 pm
by grips
No problem Paul go ahead.

Re: 79 Land cruiser Camper Build.

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2023 8:52 am
by Bugger
Lekker Christo
Glad to see you making headway

I actually still got a string of things to do on Shadow
But with the kids leaving to Chicago there we're no time
So next week things have settled a bit And I got most items to start my project
Can't wait for the trip