Frame mount running boards

[dmurdock]

Does anybody know where I can get some expanded metal frame-mount running boards? These are basically tube frame with an expanded metal surface. I've seen them before but have no idea who makes them.

 

[Jengle]

Mine are from a company called Tough Country. I don't have a link for them right off, but I'll post it if I run across it. They are powder coated and have a 3" tube, with sealed ends, and diamond plate welded across them. Bolted right up to my 3rd gen. They are mounted with two cab to frame bolts, plus some additional bolts to the side, where the tape or rubber grommets go up the side of the body. You may have to trim the flat plates, but that is a quick job on the grinding wheel. Once I cut them down, it took me all of twenty minutes to mount the steps. Very sturdy and reach from wheel to wheel. I don't have any pics, but I am sure others do. The company also does group purchase discounts.

 

[Buffalo]

I believe Brown's Welding in New Braunfels, TX. & Ranchhand in Boerne, TX. make them.



Joe F. (Buffalo)

 

[anestech]

Mine are from a company called Tough Country. I don't have a link for them right off, but I'll post it if I run across it. They are powder coated and have a 3" tube, with sealed ends, and diamond plate welded across them. Bolted right up to my 3rd gen. They are mounted with two cab to frame bolts, plus some additional bolts to the side, where the tape or rubber grommets go up the side of the body. You may have to trim the flat plates, but that is a quick job on the grinding wheel. Once I cut them down, it took me all of twenty minutes to mount the steps. Very sturdy and reach from wheel to wheel. I don't have any pics, but I am sure others do. The company also does group purchase discounts.

They are the way I plan to go when I get my truck.



http://www.toughcountry.com/products/running_boards.htm

 

[dmurdock]

I believe Brown's Welding in New Braunfels, TX. & Ranchhand in Boerne, TX. make them.



Joe F. (Buffalo)

BROWN'S WELDING!! That's the company I was trying to remember. thanks!

 

[thejeepdude]

Hey those tough country running boards would look sweet line-x'd when I do my rockers! So, I thought you weren't supposed to drill in the frame on 3G's... how exactly do these mount? Do they follow DC's "special drilling procedures"? Are they stout enough to support the weight of the truck? IE: could I use them as a jacking point when stuck in the mud like I do with the boulder bars on my Jeep?



here's a quick photoshop... wish I was better at it, but it doesn't look as bad as I thought...

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[Jengle]

No drilling anywhere. They come with bolts that have plates welded on, that fit into the holes in the rocker panels. That, and are supplied with 2 each side, longer bolts that replace the cab to frame bolts. Took about 20 minutes to install both sides.

 

[SilentDave]

Look in my reader's rigs gallery for some pictures of how they mount.