New project ! 2006 GMC 5500 4x4 Top Kick

[Victorian]

That looks pretty good but why have the track mates hanging down like that? They look like an after thought.

Fair question! Eventually, there will be a storage box filling the empty space with the recovery boards mounted at the same place. Much easier to grab them from there then from any other place around the truck. Like with everything else on a project like this it takes time, money and patience to bring it to completion. 🤙

 

[gator70]

How long is the rig?

 

[Victorian]

How long is the rig?

Overall 29‘

 

[mog]

WOW, The Canadian TopKicks are sooooo much bigger than American TopKick/Kodiaks.
Compared to that MAN 6x6 your rig is a beast!

 

[Victorian]

WOW, The Canadian TopKicks are sooooo much bigger than American TopKick/Kodiaks.
Compared to that MAN 6x6 your rig is a beast!

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LOL
I was told the MAN identifies as a Unimog ;-)

 

[Victorian]

Couple more interior pics. Hope to have walk through video soon.

 

[gator70]

Question: On your bed above the dinette. When you lower that what is the headroom size?

 

[Victorian]

Question: On your bed above the dinette. When you lower that what is the headroom size?

Headroom in the queensize bed is roughly 45" when lowered.

 

[Kingsize24]

I REALLY like this setup. You did an amazing job with it 👏

 

[Victorian]

I REALLY like this setup. You did an amazing job with it 👏

Thank you. Still lots of fine tuning on the inside left to do. Outside needs storage boxes. Need more time in the day to start building them with composite panels

 

[ITTOG]

Yeah everything looks great. Love the dropping bed.

 

[gator70]

I see you raised the dinette floor. I did not do that. But thought about it. Was the extra space worth the effort?

 

[Victorian]

I see you raised the dinette floor. I did not do that. But thought about it. Was the extra space worth the effort?

The raised floor in the seating area was dictated by the height of the storage compartments and seating ergonomics. It ended up as just an empty space. It was also nice to have that space to install extra structure to mount the table leg.

 

[sn_85]

Looks amazing!!!