Sounds like you need to get Mark (mammoth) to build ya a new frame, and cross members! The master fabricator!! ![King :king:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/king.gif)
The only problem with this is that I don't want a pink paint job or a key chain.
As for the crossmember, it was doomed the day I built it. I selected the incorrect tubing for the job. It is very thin walled DOM tubing that was actually recommended to me to use. I built it back in 2004; it was one of the first things I built. My fab skills, although sub-par yet, have improved immensely since 2004. The last two times it broke, I remember saying, "I will replace this pile of crap before I wheel again." And I said it again this time too
![Yup yup :yupyup:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/yupyup.gif)
Here is how Andy did the one on our buggy, and this is what I will model from:
![](http://www.marlincrawler.com/ftoy/149.jpg)
![](http://www.marlincrawler.com/ftoy/151.jpg)
![](http://www.marlincrawler.com/ftoy/150.jpg)
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![](http://www.marlincrawler.com/ftoy/160.jpg)
![](http://www.marlincrawler.com/ftoy/161.jpg)
![](http://www.marlincrawler.com/ftoy/162.jpg)
![](http://www.marlincrawler.com/ftoy/163.jpg)
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I really like Front Range's crossmember ring, and I think it is a GREAT product, but even if I just rebuild it to beefen it up, I actually have never liked supporting triple cases allllllll the way at the back of the last housing. Dual cases, sure, great idea, but I would just like to cradle the cases with something below them.
Here is the finished work that got me home. I know it doesn't look pretty, but these are by far the best Alternator stick welds I've ever seen
![Bling! Bling! :bling:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/bling.gif)
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