My Spring Break is next week, and during it, I hope to:
1) Bob my Bed
2) Build and Install Pivot Blocks
3) Start on a New Crossmember, like the one on our Formula Toy.
4) Get a rear bumper.
Wha wha what?
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Is this common? So I'm not the first one that has thought of this?
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What are your plans for this?
I thought of doing something that sounds similar, except pivoting perches. I got two 7"x 1.5" shank grade 8 bolts with matching nylocs and two pcs of 1.5" IDx 3/8" thick DOM tubing I am going to put together to make these. I'll cut 1.5" off each end of the tubing to make a swivel. Then I'll weld the ends to the perch I have now, and the center to a new base plate I'll make out of 3/8" x 5" flat bar. Then I'll sandwich the spring pack with a top plate made of the same material. Add some grease zerks and, woila, pivots.
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I figure that is the way to go, rather than JJ's. With JJ, I hear they are a PITA to install and even worse on the trail. Plus you have to run two to get the same effect. With a pivoting perch, it only affects one point, and is beefy strong too. Easy to make, easy to install, east to maintain. Works for me!
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Is this the same type of idea? Or do you have something else in mind?
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