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Tub or Tray 75 ute???? (photoshop help)

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Tub or Tray 75 ute???? (photoshop help)

Post by Stackson45 »

Hello peoples. I am tossing up wether or not to go tray or tub on my 75 ute. Here is a side shot:

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Just wondering if someone has or could take a side on pic of a 75 ute with tub so i (or a volunteer perhaps??) can p/shop it onto mine???

Much much thanks in advance.

Cheers
Rob
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Post by Wambat »

keep the tray, much stronger and more usefull.!!!!!! if you put a tub on it, you will be limited to what you carry to the width of the tub, but with a tray you cn take the sides off and carry something wider,

and if you do any amount of offroading you wil bend a tub very very easily, but a tray now there is a usefull pice of steel,

i have run my 73s tray into a tree backwards, accidentaly cause i didnt use the stall stop technique, and rolled backwayrds(very very dangerous) hit a tree with my tray, and i got not one iota of damage apart from the pins that keep the side un, bengine ever so slightly

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic176184-0-asc-60.php

take a look at my tread, it will give you an idea of a strong working tray, i plan to replace it with a more off road functional tray soon enough.....
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Post by Stackson45 »

Yeah i was only just recently tossing up the idea of a tub - all of my other utes have had trays (and i've been happy with them) I was also thinking of just building a steel tray frame and using the alloy deck off my alloy tray for the floor (save a little on weight). PITA not having tie rails at the moment.
Now a ute with a tub is becoming rarer, going for the 'different' look - although so far i've never seen a cruiser ute (45 or 75) with both extended chassis and spring over.....
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Post by Stackson45 »

Still after a tub side shot if someone has one...
Thanks,
Rob
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Post by jigga »

So...... has that already got a chassis extension? Im a massive fan of all chassis extensions.. i drive a single cab GU patrol that is an extended chassis, six wheeler with a fiberglass pod behind the rear window. I would love a dual cab entended ute...

Id go a tub with that gull wing style box you have drawn up in that pic... just for something different.
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Post by hillbilliywheelchair »

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