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Gadzooks
Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 71 Location: Country SA
Vehicle: '94 Stockman Trayback
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Thinking of converting my tray into a tipper. Can anyone tell me what the
wire stays do that go from the seatbelts and which are then anchored onto the back of the tray?
Do they help keep the tray steady or do they help stop the cab from flying off?
thanks
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royce

omnipotent being
Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 17216 Location: Pluto
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 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:03 pm |
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they are to stop you pulling the B pillar over from teh force of the seatbelts in a crash
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Gadzooks
Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 71 Location: Country SA
Vehicle: '94 Stockman Trayback
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 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:06 pm |
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so removing them would be a no no? and there would be no other way to anchor in some other place?
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royce

omnipotent being
Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 17216 Location: Pluto
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 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:07 pm |
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I am sure there are other ways to do it like roll cages and stuff but your better off with an engineer than a forum for that answer
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matty87
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 794 Location: the wild west
Vehicle: 1987 sierra tray back buggy
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Gadzooks wrote: so removing them would be a no no? and there would be no other way to anchor in some other place?
talk to a certified engineer who can sign it off. but all it is for is for transferring the load you can quite easily move the anchor point to another strong point on the chassis etc.
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MrRocky
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 4731 Location: perth
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instead of bolts connecting the wire mounts just use load rated pins or bolts with pins in them and remove when using the tipper.
I have 2" body lift and mine no longer reach anyway. Suzukis are held
together by screws and paper thin panels i hardly think there half star saftey rating warrants to much concern about seatbelt mounts.
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2stroker
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 2689 Location: North Brisbane
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royce

omnipotent being
Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 17216 Location: Pluto
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MrRocky wrote: instead of bolts connecting the wire mounts just use load rated pins or bolts with pins in them and remove when using the tipper. I have 2" body lift and mine no longer reach anyway. Suzukis are held together by screws and paper thin panels i hardly think there half star saftey rating warrants to much concern about seatbelt mounts.
probably dont do this
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TZAR

az supporter
Joined: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 3461 Location: licking some windows
Vehicle: LJ20 LJ50
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Hurray for the darwin theory
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