Must have MODERN Canopy Accessories

[@peartreeranch]

I’ve just loved the whole series. Great work. Now I need to learn to do the cad work.

[@rafaelvazquez7465]

Love the aussie lingo and phrases. Greetings from a fellow engineer in the USA

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Haha thank you!!

[@ryanmorris6716]

"clean the garage door for youtube" - the lengths you go to Rich. This is what I keep coming back for! haha

[@DesignedandBuilt]

🤣🤣🤣

[@yusufsayed1583]

Awesome 👏🏼👏🏼 Thanks for sharing 🤙🏼 Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@rollyb5061]

awesome canopy build, love the inline water pump through the filler cap, Cheers Rolly

[@elliotsaxon7070]

Loving the music mate 👌

[@87xfute]

Just a thought for the spare wheel holder mate, maybe drill a hole through the all thread so you can put an R clip/race clip, through the hold as added security against the nut vibrating undone.Great job Richard. Seeya Rob

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Cheers Rob, currently has a locknut system but an R-Clip wouldn't hurt!!

[@goodevins9408]

Such great content with mad skills.

[@ottouring]

Hey mate, Just come across your channel Really enjoyed this video. Cheers Craig Out There Touring

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday, personally I think it’s a brilliant setup, your always going to find things to change the more you use it, top job mate, cheers

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Cheers Matt! Agree

[@BD_TOURING]

Can’t get enough of this stuff, need to start the next major build!!

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Soon :)!

[@paulw9293]

Really good value considering what' it's giving you! ✌️

[@zacwinch3218]

I love your keyway method, tack it 'close' to square, next piece lines it up,

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Cheers Zac, comes in super handy. No looking at the computer is the best part.

[@hamishjohnson9678]

Outstanding entertainment like always you are starting to become one of my favourite you tube channels keep up the good work.

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoy it. Keeps me motivated :)

[@nickunw]

Liked and subscribed! Thanks for the great content Richard. Great skillz

[@TJANDMAC]

Looking good ! :)

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Thanks legends!!!

[@richardwalsh5570]

Mint build Richard 😊👌

[@BigYumps]

noice mate, loving watch the progress such a sick truck

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Glad you like it! Thank you :)

[@haydenkenwrick3209]

Love the canopy build! My personal opinion, I would’ve put the internal jerry can holder up against the front wall so and the fridge/draws behind that. As it sits you’ve got around 200kg of spare Tyre and Jerry’s right at the rear of the vehicle. I’d be interested to know your front and rear axle weights

[@DesignedandBuilt]

It’s a tough one for sure! The Jerry’s are rarely full, so is it worth moving all the permanent weight backwards!?

[@Nicholaswilms17]

What cad do u use and is it for free 👍👍❤️❤️🍺🍺 love the build

[@ToyTehShammy]

Surely a little bit of insulation sheet would of been good on the internal walls for internal heat on remote trips my bushman really struggled before i did insulation for the canopy now it works great!

[@reganhinz2802]

Alright this canopy build is bloody sick, keep up the mint work. Any tips for starting out on cad so I can re design my canopy internal fitout?

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Hey mate, just start with basic parts before you tackle assemblies! I usually use simple shapes like cubes etc to model rough dimensions to see if it can all fit in before I do the detailed design.

[@reganhinz2802]

@@DesignedandBuilt legend mate. If it turns out half as good as this I'll be happy 👌🏻

[@nickunw]

1:25 is my favourite bit

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Glad you picked up on it

[@nickunw]

Happy to help mate!! Always.

[@dolguldur4706]

Please do full interior videos..thank you good sir

[@williamtownsend6675]

This video isn’t on your home page, I had to go on your channel and click canopy build playlist to see it. Thought this might help 👍 sick build btw I’ve watched every episode and the amount of work you have put into this is very impressive👌

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Cheers William! Must have been a glitch as it wasn't published yet.

[@flyacf]

Very cool... what is the name and model of the water pump?

[@Type1on2wheels]

Hey Richard, your pump connection is leaking! 👍 love the channel!

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Good eye Jono - the $50 amazon pump have their limits. Glad you enjoy the channel :)

[@michaelnoyes4817]

Are you going to swap out the spare wheel carrier and jerry can holder hex head bolts for some mushroom head allen key bolts so you don't rub holes in the jerry cans and side walls of the tyres due to vibrations on and off road? the projector screen is a cool idea

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Cheers Michael, hadn't thought about it at the time but cheers for the excellent suggestion. Probably will now!

[@BEETLEJ00CE]

Can you share the details on the projector screen please?

[@presidentFAU]

Hi Mate come across your channel only a couple of days ago but did read about your FJ BUILD IN 4x 4 Impressive 👌 Where are you located

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Located in Melbourne!

[@presidentFAU]

@@DesignedandBuilt where abouts are you located love to come and have a chat and talk about a build Cheers

[@matthoward923]

Coming from an old man, have you considered a winch for lifting the Spare Tire?

[@DesignedandBuilt]

I haven't actually Matt, generally travelling with other people and try to stay in shape so hasn't really crossed my mind.

[@evil17]

Great job, love ur designs & builds, you always put a lot of thought into ur jobs, but we always think of what we would change on another go at it, hindsight can be a B*t*ch.

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Always room for improvement :)

[@brycemaligin7095]

Where'd you get your projector screen from mate? Love the vid!

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Amazon mate, heaps of different sizes available!

[@brycemaligin7095]

@@DesignedandBuilt Cheers mate.

[@deanooh86]

Where did u get the projector screen from?

[@DCCUSTOMSANDFABRICATION]

with logo you should engrave or get a sticker for the and built

[@alexmazz7379]

Out of curiosity mate , how much in materials would the fridge cage set you back vs the actual bushman's one ? Interested too see the difference, and if so - would you sell one if someone was interested in purchasing?

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Hey Alex, realistically by the time you take into account the labor etc I don't think it would be much cheaper. Maybe $100. I would be interested in selling these designs however it needs a bit of work, ie the rubber mounts on the side of the fridge are fine when I'm installing it but probably couldn't offer it to the general consumer like that as it was a little fiddly.

[@briandp9535]

Dude, this was killer. But how do you think the extra weight of the 60Lt and the spare on the rear wall will affect the vehicle being that it's so far back from the axle? Is it a potential future issue, or negligible at best?

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Hey Brian, I think it will be okay given its through the unistrut. Really won't be able to tell until we rack up 100K+ on it. The Jerrys are rarely full, on the track they would only be full for the first day or two so I'm not concerned about them. Tyre will be a good test though! And yep definitely can feel the weight that far back when you're driving!

[@SHOCKcustoms]

Can you swap out the water jerrys for a headboard water tank within the canopy?

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Hey Mike, absolutely could. Bit of a trade off because then the stuff which is permanently heavy (Drawers & Kitchen) are mounted further back, very rare to have 80 litres of water and also very rare to have the Jerrys full for a long time as they are constantly getting emptied!

[@SHOCKcustoms]

@@DesignedandBuilt cool thanks, just beware the weight of at least 60kg hanging of the back will tear ally when driven on hrs of off road tracks, particularly the corrugated roads you might come across. Some of the inland tracks really do destroy even the best built rigs

[@darryllspalding9680]

you could have fit the internal gerries behind the headboard

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Hey Darryll, absolutely could have. Bit of a trade off because then the stuff which is permanently heavy (Drawers & Kitchen) are mounted further back, very rare to have 80 litres of water and also very rare to have the Jerrys full for a long time as they are constantly getting emptied!

[@richardwalsh5570]

I think i would have tried to make the canopy shorter by a little if possible. This would have enabled the spare tyre and Jerries to sit on tray for weight support on rough roads and space for fire wood etc

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Fair point, I just seem to have so much gear that it fills a whole canopy! But maybe if I had a shorter one then I wouldn't take as much!? Fire wood.... thats what people with open utes are for 😁

[@nickunw]

Keyword: Extrapolated

[@MassacrePoon]

Can you get some cool wheels please

[@DesignedandBuilt]

Very happy with the steel ones!

[@MassacrePoon]

Imagine the weight savings mart 👅👅👅

[@ausguy4385]

FYI you cant put petrol jerry there 🤣🫣 look up the ADRs...

[@DesignedandBuilt]

How do you know it was petrol ;)?