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"Mad Max"
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Figured I's post pics of the rear tube bumper/rock slider for the Ramcharger project I have under construction - might lend some ideas out there for the 1st gen crowd.
2" tubing (3/16" thick), used my modified harbor freight bender, plus some serious angle iron (3"x4" by 1/4" thick) for the frame mounts. Front will be nearly identical. Yet to be welded in place are the end tubes - they'll continue forward after the corner pieces, along the bottom edge of the truck to the wheel well.
The tank will have its own dedicated rock guard - that's tomorrows gig.
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Also, in light of getting as much approach and departure angle as possible I realized my hitch stuck out too far and too low - definitely was in the way. So I cut the hitch apart and moved the whole cross beam up 3 unches and recessed the receiver portion back 'into' the cross beam, making the receiver part of the cross beam verses welded to the front edge of it - gained 3 inches there. Rewelded it all solid and finished it off by cutting the three inches of leftovers off the bottom - now it fits clean and is almost completely recessed inside the bumper.
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here's a pic of the bumper on the rig - It ties in good once the whole thing is shown... . well at least I'm thinkin' it does
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I got the 'no-wanna-slip-and-breaka-my-arse-anti-skid' expanded metal cover welded in place. It's a pain to cut but with a death wheel it's not too bad, and some of the edges are like razor wire. Going to hit the edges with a file, but not so much as to lose traction in the Winter - snow/mud/rain.
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And in the name of simplicity and ease of maintenance I welded each and every nut/washer combo behind the rear frame area so all I have to do is blast it apart with the impact gun. No more two-handed dissassembly's and trying to fit wrenches where you can't even get your hand.
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- M
2" tubing (3/16" thick), used my modified harbor freight bender, plus some serious angle iron (3"x4" by 1/4" thick) for the frame mounts. Front will be nearly identical. Yet to be welded in place are the end tubes - they'll continue forward after the corner pieces, along the bottom edge of the truck to the wheel well.
The tank will have its own dedicated rock guard - that's tomorrows gig.
#ad#ad#adAlso, in light of getting as much approach and departure angle as possible I realized my hitch stuck out too far and too low - definitely was in the way. So I cut the hitch apart and moved the whole cross beam up 3 unches and recessed the receiver portion back 'into' the cross beam, making the receiver part of the cross beam verses welded to the front edge of it - gained 3 inches there. Rewelded it all solid and finished it off by cutting the three inches of leftovers off the bottom - now it fits clean and is almost completely recessed inside the bumper.
#ad#adhere's a pic of the bumper on the rig - It ties in good once the whole thing is shown... . well at least I'm thinkin' it does
#adI got the 'no-wanna-slip-and-breaka-my-arse-anti-skid' expanded metal cover welded in place. It's a pain to cut but with a death wheel it's not too bad, and some of the edges are like razor wire. Going to hit the edges with a file, but not so much as to lose traction in the Winter - snow/mud/rain.
#adAnd in the name of simplicity and ease of maintenance I welded each and every nut/washer combo behind the rear frame area so all I have to do is blast it apart with the impact gun. No more two-handed dissassembly's and trying to fit wrenches where you can't even get your hand.
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