Any recommendations for top hinges?

[Tumbleweed]

Got any recommendations for top hinges on a M100? I want to have the top removeable, but does not have to be quick. I don't like the piano hinges. I can space the tub side easily enough to get a flat mount. Top will be 1x1 tube with 14 ga sheet on it.
Any ideas or pics better than some door type butt hinges?

 

[ntsqd]

First thought that came to mind are the HD weld-on hinges.
Mcmaster.com about 1/2 down pg. 2942

 

[jcbrandon]

Funny you should ask...

Spin up:
http://www.selectrix.com.au/Catalogue_2007/SECTION 12 HINGES/PAGE 96 97.pdf

I saw this product advertised in a magazine in New Zealand recently and thought "That looks like just the thing for a trailer lid." I bought the magazine and have done a cursory search for the product. Not sure if it is in wide distribution, especially in North America.

 

[sseaman]

You could use hurricane hinges like teardrops guys do for the rear door

 

[cjm]

hinge

check out the teardrop forum on plastic hinges.......a lot of those guys use em!


http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26910&highlight=plastic+hinge


cjm

 

[JJonesee]

I used standard door hinges on mine. The design of my lid is so it rests on the tub rail when closed.

Standard hinges with removable pins, so its not easily removeable.

Mine was done on a budget. So far no issues.

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18250

 

[Tumbleweed]

I wound up using some 4" butt hinges from the local steel supplier. Very heavy duty. I welded some 1" flatbar to one side of the hinge to get the distance I needed to bolt through the tub side. I used a 1x2 tube as a spacer to get the hinge flat below the rail.

 

[bmonday]

Sounds like you did what I did:

 

[JJonesee]

I liked bmondays design. But I had 1.5x1.5 angle already on hand. This set up would work with any type of hinge. My thougts are when the $5 worth of door hinges fail, I will upgrade to something better. I did get glavanized hinges, so the interiors would not rust. My lid rests on the tub when closed, and I have cam over latches on the other side. The way the 2x2 angle covers the lip of the tub, it provides a water tight seal on the contents.

I added gussets to the hinge plate for extra measure.. This piece is bolted through the tub to another piece of angle on the inside.

Before hinges:

Inside tub:

Finished:

 

[bmonday]

Really nice work. I don't think I've seen a design like that before. Should really limit the lateral movement of the lid, which is what seems to ravage most hinges on our trailers.

 

[JJonesee]

Really nice work. I don't think I've seen a design like that before. Should really limit the lateral movement of the lid, which is what seems to ravage most hinges on our trailers.

Thanks - It was out of what I had on hand, and the fact that the tub front wall was nice and curved. The Angle hides most of the damage, and still provides the seal I was looking for. With the cam latches on the opposite side, it relieves most of the vertical force on the hinge pins. Once locked down the pins can be driven out. Not 100% secure in a theft sense, but you wont be lifting this heavy thing off by yourself!