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Hi Ben have a good Top Tough Truck you wii Love it
I wood love to go one day .
Tonytoyota .
I wood love to go one day .
Tonytoyota .
Congrats on the house, has it got much room for working on the LJ? Also found these and thought they'd give you an idea for the sj tube doors
https://www.4xinnovations.com/Tube-Door-Slam-Latch-Kit-Included-with-all-door-sets_p_96.html
https://www.4xinnovations.com/Tube-Door-Slam-Latch-Kit-Included-with-all-door-sets_p_96.html
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Thanks guys. 
Just having dinner and in less than an hour I will be on my way to Tough Truck.
13 hour drive to get there.
Yes lots more room!
I will have an entire double garage to myself. Its got a nice high roof and door and looks perfect.
The main issue I have here is that it isnt secure so I dont want to leave all my tools out. At the new place I will be able to work on LJ in the evenings and just leave all the tools where they are and close the door till the next day. I'm really looking forward to building a work bench and getting it all setup in there.
Might sound sad but I really miss my vice! So to have it setup on a bench again where I can use it will be great.
Living with Erin is going to be great aswell!
Shes my best friend over here and we get on great!
I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the link, there cool!
I will show them to my boss and hopefully he can order some.
Just having dinner and in less than an hour I will be on my way to Tough Truck.
13 hour drive to get there.
Yes lots more room!
I will have an entire double garage to myself. Its got a nice high roof and door and looks perfect.
The main issue I have here is that it isnt secure so I dont want to leave all my tools out. At the new place I will be able to work on LJ in the evenings and just leave all the tools where they are and close the door till the next day. I'm really looking forward to building a work bench and getting it all setup in there.
Might sound sad but I really miss my vice! So to have it setup on a bench again where I can use it will be great.
Living with Erin is going to be great aswell!
Shes my best friend over here and we get on great!
I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the link, there cool!
I will show them to my boss and hopefully he can order some.
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Well guys I'm finally home from Tuff Truck 2014!
That was without doubt one of the best weekends of my life! It was bloody amazing!!!!
Despite having to film all the action for the official DVD and 4WD TV I still managed to completely fill an 8GB SD card!
So I've got over 900 pics to sort through and a load of videos.
I'm hoping to make a start tonight.
Only 3 days at work this week, then a day at TAFE, then I move house!
Awesome!
Will be great to get back out with you and the guys.
Have you tried applying for a pass this year, for that lane which I've forgotten the name of?
That was without doubt one of the best weekends of my life! It was bloody amazing!!!!
Despite having to film all the action for the official DVD and 4WD TV I still managed to completely fill an 8GB SD card!
So I've got over 900 pics to sort through and a load of videos.
I'm hoping to make a start tonight.
Only 3 days at work this week, then a day at TAFE, then I move house!
Let me know when you want a trip out Ben, maybe we can go The Lakes.... we're having our first venture in Cumbria in 2014 on 7/8June. As ever i have created two monster days for us to go at.
Awesome!
Will be great to get back out with you and the guys.
Have you tried applying for a pass this year, for that lane which I've forgotten the name of?
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Hi Richard,
Yes they fitted straight on. The original set came from Australia via ebay.com.au. The second set came from a company in Poland.
They all bolt straight on without issue but it is necessary to alter the wiring as the wiring that comes with the lights has the wrong end on it. In the end I actually used part of a wiring loom off a 4-Runner as I wanted to use genuine Toyota bulb holders into the lights as the bulb holders that came with the lights didnt fit great and didnt have a rubber seal around the bulb holders like the genuine ones so kept filling full of mud and water and the bulb holder would some times fall out completely with the vibrations.
Toyota do do genuine ones but they would be expensive.
If you need a hand this end sourcing and/or posting some over to you give me a shout.
Yes they fitted straight on. The original set came from Australia via ebay.com.au. The second set came from a company in Poland.
They all bolt straight on without issue but it is necessary to alter the wiring as the wiring that comes with the lights has the wrong end on it. In the end I actually used part of a wiring loom off a 4-Runner as I wanted to use genuine Toyota bulb holders into the lights as the bulb holders that came with the lights didnt fit great and didnt have a rubber seal around the bulb holders like the genuine ones so kept filling full of mud and water and the bulb holder would some times fall out completely with the vibrations.
Toyota do do genuine ones but they would be expensive.
If you need a hand this end sourcing and/or posting some over to you give me a shout.
Cardo
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Thanks Ben. I'm having a think about the rear end of the cruiser as I'm having some bodywork done due to the sea air rotting the body and peeling the laquer coat off the paintwork. Problems of living near the sea. Thanks will let you know if I need to go further. All the best with your new move. Richard
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Tuff Truck 2014 Day 1
OK guys..............................
First off apologies about not updating this thread sooner!
Things have been pretty hectic the last few weeks what with moving into my own place and all. Also I've been waiting to have my new internet connected!
Anyway..........................
Heres the first instalment of my weekend at Tuff Truck filming.
Friday evening I set off for Tuff Truck with Danny and his family in his Patrol. We drove for 6 hours and then stayed in a cabin next to a river for the night.
The next morning.
After another 6 hours driving we arrived at Tuff Truck.
I got my wristband, ticket and meal ticket.
Driving onto the site to find our camp site we were immediately greeted by awesome looking comp trucks!
I got given my shirt and another wristband, meaning I could now go anywhere!
I had a wonder round and found this awesome buggy in the Dirt Comp magazine tent!
My ARB swag for the next few days.
It was raining off and on while we settled in to our camp and went to the catering tent and got dinner.
The catering tent was a really god setup and all the different crews, marshals and police all got well fed!
So waterproof clothing was required!
The cars began lining up for the night stages.
The engineering on the tucks was amazing! 4 wheel hydro steer on portal axles and huge 40"+ tyres seemed to be very popular! As did bare chromoly axles all beautifully TIG welded together! 
The rain showed no sign of letting up as me and the rest of the crew prepared for our evenings work.
The night stages were split into 2. There was the mud stage which is surrounded by cheering spectators and there was the Mystery Night Stage.
The mystery night stage is top secret with no spectators allowed and non of the drivers are allowed to see the course before they drive it. They literally leave the start line and have to drive whatever is in front of them!
So half the teams do one stage one night and then they all swap over on the second night.
For my first nights filming I would be on the mystery stage with presenter Simon and some of the other crew.
A few of the cars making their way to the stage.
We walked to the stage ready for filming.
Here the teams would have 2 options as to which line they took. They could take the normal line on the right or the could take the bonus line between the huge boulders on the left.
So the teams have to descend down these huge boulders in darkness!
Looking back down the course.
The first few teams lined up at the start gate waiting for night fall.
The yellow car is owned by the event owner and is being driven by Dave Cole, who had flown in all the way from the USA. Dave Cole is the man behind King of the Hammers!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hammers
We began the filming with presenter Simon saying a few words about the event.
Even the recovery vehicles were struggling to get into position on the slippery terrain.
As we waited around I looked for good positions to film from.
Soon darkness fell and the racing began!
Dave Cole walked it and made it look very easy!
The first roll over of the night.
Lots of beautiful TIG welding on display, especially those chromoly axles!
The recovery team were soon in action removing the truck so the racing could continue.
The recovery team soon had it the right way up and off the course.
And the racing continued!
This truck was named Elmo and the whole of the outside of it had been covered in red fur!
70 series!
They actually DNF'd (did not finish, in the allotted time) so the marshal was trying to get them off the course and said just go back a bit..............
We stayed till about 11pm then headed back to camp. A great first night at Tuff Truck.
Now I must point out that I missed out on taking some amazing pics as I was there to do a job and I had to be professional and try and get the best, usuable footage I could for the TV show and Tuff Truck DVD using the film camera I had been given.
So a lot of the pics and videos I managed to get for myself/for this thread were taken when I couldnt film/there wasnt anything to film!
But saying that I did get some awesome pics and some really cool videos as you will see on the Saturday and Sunday instalment which will be coming soon.
OK guys..............................
First off apologies about not updating this thread sooner!
Things have been pretty hectic the last few weeks what with moving into my own place and all. Also I've been waiting to have my new internet connected!
Anyway..........................
Heres the first instalment of my weekend at Tuff Truck filming.
Friday evening I set off for Tuff Truck with Danny and his family in his Patrol. We drove for 6 hours and then stayed in a cabin next to a river for the night.
The next morning.
After another 6 hours driving we arrived at Tuff Truck.
I got my wristband, ticket and meal ticket.
Driving onto the site to find our camp site we were immediately greeted by awesome looking comp trucks!
I got given my shirt and another wristband, meaning I could now go anywhere!
I had a wonder round and found this awesome buggy in the Dirt Comp magazine tent!
My ARB swag for the next few days.
It was raining off and on while we settled in to our camp and went to the catering tent and got dinner.
The catering tent was a really god setup and all the different crews, marshals and police all got well fed!
So waterproof clothing was required!
The cars began lining up for the night stages.
The engineering on the tucks was amazing! 4 wheel hydro steer on portal axles and huge 40"+ tyres seemed to be very popular! As did bare chromoly axles all beautifully TIG welded together!
The rain showed no sign of letting up as me and the rest of the crew prepared for our evenings work.
The night stages were split into 2. There was the mud stage which is surrounded by cheering spectators and there was the Mystery Night Stage.
The mystery night stage is top secret with no spectators allowed and non of the drivers are allowed to see the course before they drive it. They literally leave the start line and have to drive whatever is in front of them!
So half the teams do one stage one night and then they all swap over on the second night.
For my first nights filming I would be on the mystery stage with presenter Simon and some of the other crew.
A few of the cars making their way to the stage.
We walked to the stage ready for filming.
Here the teams would have 2 options as to which line they took. They could take the normal line on the right or the could take the bonus line between the huge boulders on the left.
So the teams have to descend down these huge boulders in darkness!
Looking back down the course.
The first few teams lined up at the start gate waiting for night fall.
The yellow car is owned by the event owner and is being driven by Dave Cole, who had flown in all the way from the USA. Dave Cole is the man behind King of the Hammers!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hammers
We began the filming with presenter Simon saying a few words about the event.
Even the recovery vehicles were struggling to get into position on the slippery terrain.
As we waited around I looked for good positions to film from.
Soon darkness fell and the racing began!
Dave Cole walked it and made it look very easy!
The first roll over of the night.
Lots of beautiful TIG welding on display, especially those chromoly axles!
The recovery team were soon in action removing the truck so the racing could continue.
The recovery team soon had it the right way up and off the course.
And the racing continued!
This truck was named Elmo and the whole of the outside of it had been covered in red fur!
70 series!
They actually DNF'd (did not finish, in the allotted time) so the marshal was trying to get them off the course and said just go back a bit..............
We stayed till about 11pm then headed back to camp. A great first night at Tuff Truck.
Now I must point out that I missed out on taking some amazing pics as I was there to do a job and I had to be professional and try and get the best, usuable footage I could for the TV show and Tuff Truck DVD using the film camera I had been given.
So a lot of the pics and videos I managed to get for myself/for this thread were taken when I couldnt film/there wasnt anything to film!
But saying that I did get some awesome pics and some really cool videos as you will see on the Saturday and Sunday instalment which will be coming soon.
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Hi love it hall good job Ben keep it up thanks a lot .
Tony
Tony
Great stuff Ben, well worth the wait, mate
Those trucks are works of art, hydro steer looks just gorgeous, I wonder how it would handle on the road? Is it legal for road use?
Superb Ben, looking forward to the w/e....
Those trucks are works of art, hydro steer looks just gorgeous, I wonder how it would handle on the road? Is it legal for road use?
Superb Ben, looking forward to the w/e....
