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weight of body parts
By: w3526602 Date: August 18, 2017, 2:18 pm
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Hi,
Can anybody guestimate the weights of a Series rear tub, and a
Series hard-top ... both for a 109". At present I have a chassis
cab, and my tow-ball is too high.
602
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Re: weight of body parts
By: Arjan Date: August 18, 2017, 2:43 pm
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Around 120 kgs.
Not enough to compress the springs if that is what you hope to
achieve..
Fit a drop plate..
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Re: weight of body parts
By: w3526602 Date: August 18, 2017, 11:30 pm
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Around 120 kgs.
Hi Arjan,
Thanks. That's nearly two and a half hundredweight. I managed to
lift a 109" tub on single handed, despite an Inguinal hernia ...
but maybe I cheated, used ratchet straps, etc.
My 109 already has a 12" drop plate. Am I allowed to bolt
another one on? I'm guessing that as drop plates are sold, they
may be bolted to tow-bars ... and as my first drop plate is the
equivalent of a towbar .... ???
Leaning my own personal 100kg on the rear cross-member lowers
the back end of the chassis by a short inch.
I think the all four springs are the originals from 1959.
602
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