Building our ute tray - Nodaysthesame 

“should be easy but it won’t be’” story of every job I do haha

Fark mate you did a brilliant job . Well done . Great camera work as well fantastic 👊🏻

well done, love that massive shed.

great Job i find Trays one of the easy jobs to make i also custom made my own canopy with wind up jacks.i had a full size double bed in one side and all the kitchen and electronics the other side which i wired my self.

Mate you sound like a top bloke! I so wish I had your skill set and knowledge to pull stuff like that off! Awesome job! Hats off

Great to see Aussies doin it the Aussie way ! Nice rig and great fully useable tray build. Well done. Cheers from Penrith guys! 👍🦘🇦🇺🍺🍺🍺🍺🇦🇺🦘👍

Very neat and clean build. Absolutely love the farm setup and little shed and lawn and farmhouse. Got a Ford 5000 tractor on the farm as well. Good job mate sure it will work brilliantly. Just leave ample space between the cab and the rear, the chassis flexes quite a bit during off-road conditions and you don't want the cab and the rear connecting. Keep the wiring to and from the rear simplified to a single Anderson plug and for controls get a quick release plug you can grab from any auto-electric shop, that way if you ever need to remove it for upgrades or maintenance you simply unplug everything and remove it.

Great job. I want that shed but I don't think it'll fit on my suburban block. I'm in Perth and the rules may be different over there, but I've had to have mine weighed, inspected and licence changed from ute to flat top. Need the tare weight as low as possible to meet load restrictions under GVM. Keeps it legal and covered by insurance. I wasn't aware until finished and fitted out, so to meet regs and minimum tare I removed everything, weighed and started again. Pain.

And the Aussie Score again👏👏👏 Looking at your job I’m proud to be Australian well done mate👍

Great job, well done, a very professional custom end result, cheers mate.

Congratulations Phil, well done for the design and the hard work. One thing troubles me, when you have to change a tyre, I think the cable to the reversing camera could be in the way.

Looks sick man, good job!!! If they weren’t so expensive I’d make one myself

Loved it! Great job! Here in Texas, we call these “ flatbeds”.

Nice work. Makes me homesick for the country 😎👌🍺

Thanks for the dust tips! Had me beat were all the dust was coming from.

Nice job bud that just goes to show what a bit of time and effort can do

I'm planning on doing it on my D22 Navara, thanx for the inspiration mate, cheers😁👍

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST SKETCH WHEEL STANDS I HAVE EVER SEEN

You get such great satisfaction in making things yourself. Can't wait to make my own custom tray soon.

I'm jealous of your shed! Turned out great.

Loved it mate. I hope that one day we will have a shed like that on our property. It is just a bushland at the moment. loved they way you both worked on it. God Bless you both.

Good to see the tru Aussie out there👍

That's a mad build! Great work 👍

Top job and seems like genuine folk definitely subbing for more of this

Awesome work guys 🤙🤙

Nice work all round!!

Awesome stuff thanks for sharing. Got some talent there for sure. I grew up on a farm & have done a fair bit of welding but you look like you might be a boiler maker by trade right? I just got a new tray & canopy for my Hilux today & so I’ll have to remove the tub as well. So thought I’d check out what others have done to remove it.

Great job quick tip when laying out any thing gates frames etc use the square of your steel welding table top sheet and f clamps can save time And if you ever get any spare cash buy a half decent metal bandsaw you will save a shitload on grinding and cut off blades Cheers Penola SA

Looks good as mate keep up the good work

Looks a quality tray, good job mate👍 $2200 for just the hardware, can't imagine how expensive a custom one would cost if you bought it

Nice mate great tray build vid

Nice shed and nice build

Great job

Great work guys 👌

Awsome video guys. Keep it up

Very nice

Awesome work!

Damnnn thats sick! Im keen to make my own tray one day, 17 right now

Well done bloke. Lots of room for rum.

Real nice effort there Phil&Georgia. I’m also dreaming of a nice bandsaw too which is at the top of my Wishlist.! Cheers Kids. I tips me hat to yas.”....

My Dad built a tray by himself self he came home every day after work and done a bit

Great video guys. 👍

Bloody good job

I love to do that to my Hilux, great job. I find it silly that there hole things in the back of the cab.

A AWESOME JOB FROM KENTUCKY USA

Loved the video mate

Nice work!

Well done mate, good advice from a bloke that's not a wanker 👍👍

Great vid guys! You've convinced me to start my tray build. I'm thinking I'll do a removable headboard but the rest pretty much like yours

Nice video looks good!

Great job guys. Well done. Any idea what it weighs?

Great work and realization😎 you have a detailed plan please I would like to make the same tray on my Hilux

Hey mate, awesome build! Any chance of getting the measurements for the headboard and width of the runners that are bolted to the chassis. Cheers

Good video! Just wondering what light and blinkers are on the back?

I just found this is awesome job keep up the good work also I subbed

Hey mate nice job on the tray I'm looking into building my own 07 hilux just wondering if I could use you drawing as a base

Is there a way to get a look at how you built your draw? Cheers

Great job.

Hey mate what paint did you use and how is it wearing cheers

Neat.

Hey Mate, Top job!! Looks awesome! What size box tube did you use? Cheers Jimi

Love it 👍🏻

Great video. How many hours do you think you put into the build?

Hey wondering how much was it to build that tray. I've been looking at either building one myself or buying one is there much of a difference 🤔

So I'm looking at making my own tray for my Ute but I'm wondering how you got the positioning of the chassis mount rails and how you connected it to the chassis.

Just wondering what size RHS you guys used for the tray frame and what the overall dimensions were. Looking to do one similar. Cheers

I dont have your welding skills but do you reckon I could put a 2000 Triton tray (dual cab) onto a 2005 Rodeo (dual cab)

Hey 👋 you said you get dust problems with recycling air con.i have the same Ute.tho I haven’t had that problem.

Came out pretty good, been thinking of doing this for awhile, what wall thickness did you go for with the painted RHS? 2mm?

good job what gauge RHS tubing did you use looks great

What did you do about the fuel filler pipe mate?, I just added a bit of plate onto the chassis to hold it but it sits right behind the cab. Wouldn’t mind seeing what you did for yours, would like to change mine.

your only as good as ur tools.. well done!

How many litres of paint did you end up using I’m in the middle of making my tray and just wanting to get a rough idea of how many litres of paint I’ll need to get cheers

What sizes of steel did you use, looking to do this for my Colorado

Omg cool

Was the steel on ya base 40mm by 80mm

It always amazes me when people just build stuff from scratch, I can barely hang up bathroom blinds straight 🙄

Hey mate, what’s the size of your tray? Many thanks

Very well done

Have you a link to Sketchup please. I can only find Sketchup viewer. Thanks guys.

What size steel u use for headboard and rough estimate of price

Did he just move the car backwards by the tyre ? First I’ve seen that 😂

Any chance of getting the plan to make a tray?

You could of just picked up a second hand 4x4 camper van. This fad of expensive utes with expensive tray setups must be great for the accessories market.

That seems like a lot of overhang, hope you don't snap the chassis.

How many hours did that take you

Like a gloooovve 👍🏼

why didn't you get it galvanised and then paint over the top of it, like most boat trailers?

I rekon you'd fit about 40 bottles of rum in that draw.

I know this is a stupid question. But why did you not paint it white. 😕 I mean , color match everything would have looked better. That's my only criticism

Hey mate, awesome job. Can I ask how you mounted the tray to the chassis? did you weld a bracket to the tray and bolt it on? did you use all 6 chassis mounts or only the 4 back ones? I'm at this point with my tray currently and not sure where to go from here any photos would be great Cheers!

What thickness wall did you go on your square tube?

hey mate where did you get your plans from?

How many bolts to remove the wellside 4X big ones?

Whats ya mesurements on the tray ?

Could you send the sketchup file over ?

Hey mate what was the program that you used for the design?

im interested in the tray you built great by the way any chance you can send me the tray plans. cheers mate

How much did this cost u

can you guys please send me the tray plans