Isuzu npr 4wd
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The habitat production started and will be done mid September. It is turn key. I designed the subframe, have CAD drawings and will outsource the welding. The subframe and habitat have identical frame structures. Allowing a perfect fit as the habitat is lifted onto the truck.
The habitat is a composite product like total composite engineering, and the bottom has an exposed frame. To attach this underside frame, a interior subfloor is built from a smaller steel tube structure with welded plates for a sandwich attachment to the underside frame. As attachment to composite panels is problematic.
The habitat comes with a passthrough door. Time to plan the rear of the cab engineering. Unlike some builders I don't see a need to connect the two. If the cab passthrough door is a tambour style , and the habitat is a normal composite door, a human can climb through. The habitat and cab will be 100mm apart. So yes there is a space the human must crawl through. Now is the time to plan this. To prepare the cab, I will cut a thicker sheet of aluminum, the exact size as the rear window, then have a auto glass company remove the rear window and with a new gasket replace it with the aluminum sheet shape.
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Ultimark
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I didn't really appreciate this the first time I looked, and now that I've had a think about it, where do you propose to feed the aluminium slats, inside on the ceiling, or outside in a drum?
That is a pretty neat idea, seems to be a bit on the small side though. I've just measured my rear window (single cab) and it is approximately 290mm deep, which is a guestimation as the visible glass is 280mm deep.
Mick.
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The OEM front axle on the NPS is rated to carry 3100kg, is your front axle equal to that, or is it higher rated?
Higher rated, even a little bit may be helpful as your wheelbase seems to be a lot longer than the NPS, possibly putting more weight onto the front axle.
I love my drum brakes, combined with the exhaust brake, they hardly get used. Plus, wet sand/mud doesn't grind the pads away, not to mention scoring of the discs.
Higher rated, even a little bit may be helpful as your wheelbase seems to be a lot longer than the NPS, possibly putting more weight onto the front axle.
I love my drum brakes, combined with the exhaust brake, they hardly get used. Plus, wet sand/mud doesn't grind the pads away, not to mention scoring of the discs.
Dana 60 axles are commonly used here for three-quarter ton trucks (Ram 2500, Ford 250, etc), and for making a USDM NPR into an NPS. That axle is rated by Dana from 4500 - 7500 pounds depending on hubs, brakes, wheels, tires, gear ratio, width, etc.
3100 kg = <6900 pounds. So, you would need a Super 60, a.k.a. Fat Boy, from a Ford F450, to exceed this factory weight rating (GAWR), or to purchase an axle from a third party, such as Fusion, Currie or Dynatrac, which I suggest avoiding at all costs. As many of these axles are built for custom applications, such as off road buggies and Jeeps being converted from half-ton parts to one-ton running gear, the OEM rating isn't often shared, as it would be if that axle came on a new F-350 pickup truck. I don't imagine the axle would fail with a bit of extra load on it, but having a stronger axle is never a bad thing, especially if you are doing tough tracks or travelling in remote areas.
Other options are to get a Dana 70, Dana 80 or even a steering 14 bolt from a company such a Crane Axle in Tennessee or Torq14 in Utah (I think).
Do you have the specs on the axle that is being install under the front of your truck?
3100 kg = <6900 pounds. So, you would need a Super 60, a.k.a. Fat Boy, from a Ford F450, to exceed this factory weight rating (GAWR), or to purchase an axle from a third party, such as Fusion, Currie or Dynatrac, which I suggest avoiding at all costs. As many of these axles are built for custom applications, such as off road buggies and Jeeps being converted from half-ton parts to one-ton running gear, the OEM rating isn't often shared, as it would be if that axle came on a new F-350 pickup truck. I don't imagine the axle would fail with a bit of extra load on it, but having a stronger axle is never a bad thing, especially if you are doing tough tracks or travelling in remote areas.
Other options are to get a Dana 70, Dana 80 or even a steering 14 bolt from a company such a Crane Axle in Tennessee or Torq14 in Utah (I think).
Do you have the specs on the axle that is being install under the front of your truck?
