Let's build a CUSTOM TRAY for my TOUGH TRACK TOURER

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Published 2024-06-29
I have been stuck into building my 2006 GU Patrol now for about 6 months. I had already built a customer tray for this ute a couple of years ago but it's time to build a brand new one out of tube & RHS. I want it to be steel, I want it to be strong, I want it to be weighted well & stable with only the bare essentials for tough tracks & touring. In this episode we fabricate a bed from scratch and bend up all of the tube necessary for the headboard, tailboard & tube guards. Then in a future episode we will sort out the paint & chuck a half canopy on it.

0:00 Intro
0:46 Talking about which way to go with the tray build
6:39 Catching you on on jobs I've done & where I've been
7:40 Starting the tray with bearers & tray mount blocks
9:02 building the tray bed foundation
13:19 Mating the tray bed foundation to the tray bearers & tray mount blocks
14:48 Getting the tray square & true with the cab & chassis
16:26 Cutting & welding in the lateral tray bed supports
17:56 Beginning the RHS top section of the tray tailboard
20:47 Bending & welding in the tube for the bottom section of the tailboard
26:53 Bending up the headboard for the tray out of tube
31:06 Checking the headboard tube for square, same plane & correct angles
32:42 Getting the tray off the car so that I can start bending up & mounting the tube guards
33:41 Notching tube & mounting up the tube guards to the tray
36:44 Using pre-fab bends for the backs & fronts of the tube guards & getting them the right angle
39:47 Welding out everything I have done on the tray so far
40:48 Mounting the tray back to the GU and taking it outside to check it out
41:25 Outro

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All Comments (21)
  • @liampoor9699
    100% Mix and Match between Tourin' and Hard wheelin'. It's very nice to see some hard tracks and some nice "moderate" tracks for us who don't want to do the hard stuff.
  • Always nice to see a touring trip mate to get some destination ideas
  • @seek4escape
    Post whatever makes you happy mate. Majority of us probably started following you for the hard wheeling but whatever you put out is an awesome watch my man. Good to see how far you've come. Keep it up we all appreciate it 🤙
  • @Tas_LC80
    Absolutely would love to see touring and camping trips. Its all four wheeling, just different flavours. At the end of the day though, its your channel, post what you enjoy doing!
  • @mikeyman12343
    Mate I'd watch anything you post! The more content you can get out to us, the better!
  • 🤩 Awesome job mate and what ever content you put up I’m sure we will all be watching.
  • Awesome video, it's given me SOOO many ideas. I respect that you don't drink.
  • @reddo84
    "' I'll like it even more if I can repeat it"'😆 Looks really good Cheers Jim
  • @genokelly1
    For a bloke that is not a fabricator, that is an awesome job, keep it up.
  • @sullysshed
    Mate I’ll watch any video you upload, hard tracks, touring, builds, going to Woolies, whatever.
  • Hell yeah Timmy!!!! deadset just woke up and all! Can't wait to see how the GU turns out! Thanks for the great content as always Timmy and hope ya have a good one 🫡
  • @ferv5470
    Oh man, love how you think out and fabricate your trucks! I like the fact that you take us on your rides and on your builds! 🙌
  • Your Tray is coming along beautifully. Thanks for all the Tips & TRICKS 😃👍. Definitely keen on a Mix of Touring & the Hard Stuff as well!!!
  • Although I love the hard out stuff and the build, repair and rebuild stuff, the wife loves touring stuff, so YES please chuck it for us to watch!!
  • Nice work on the tray Timmy. I bet it's super satisfying knowing that you've fabricated every part of it. I'd happily watch pretty much anything you upload, but the most important thing is that you stay true to yourself. I see too many YouTubers these days desperately trying to feed the algorithms by posting specific types of content, clickbaity thumbnails and pandering to big sponsors.....and when i start seeing that I'm out.
  • Ripper Content as usual Timmy, love the design!!! Can't wait to see it all finished.
  • You doing a fantastic job on the ute tray buddy. I’m a tradesmen fabricator and I’m enjoy how you’re building your tray and I wish you all the best. It’s looking fantastic and also mix with the touring and the hard wheeling you doing well mate cheers Mark.
  • @mikemorgan4670
    Fascinating process. You make the concepts very comprehensible for the layman. Love your content. Any off road adventures would be welcomed.
  • It is very nice to see your precision and the quality of the finished product so far. When sanding the tube joints, I often notice the superficiality with other "fabricators", so I'm very sensitive to it, but you don't have that and I like that. Can't wait the next video of the tray build! ;)