Glen's budget rebuild

[unclejpl4x4]

trying to figure out how  to get a bumper  here from florida

pony express      

[Oddmar]

Wait 'til August-September and have the Willy's bring it up?

[79coyotefrg]

i figured  at some point  i'll buy longer shocks  and  the  ifs  housing  will have the shocks  mounted  on the  side  so  i need a new  shock mount,   left the old ones there  so i could use them till i got new stuff

[CTENG in KS]

Glen, I love ya buddy...but that is UGLY.  Man...cut that thing off and build it properly.  Dang.

[79coyotefrg]

Glen, I love ya buddy...but that is UGLY.  Man...cut that thing off and build it properly.  Dang.

it needs  to be finished

[CTENG in KS]

Cut the bar even with the inside rail of the frame and make some brackets with good solid gussets to mount it to the frame that way you can fully weld everything.

[CTENG in KS]

Even better, forget the whole extra bar and build extended brackets off the original cross member for the shocks.

[79coyotefrg]

Cut the bar even with the inside rail of the frame and make some brackets with good solid gussets to mount it to the frame that way you can fully weld everything.

i dont have a sawzall  to cut the bar out,
the plan is  to gusset  it  to the original bar

btw  the  bolts  go all the way thru the tube, they arent just welded  to it


everybody pickin on me 

[79coyotefrg]

Even better, forget the whole extra bar and build extended brackets off the original cross member for the shocks.

how did you do yours 

[CTENG in KS]

For now I just have a plate welded on to the original to extend the mount.

[79coyotefrg]

see thats  basically  the same as I'm doing,    just wait till I'm finished 

thanks  for the constructive criticism

[unclejpl4x4]

[Gittinit]

  it  was free, 93 tonkatoy  gave it to me, 

i was hoping  you would  help/build a  cage around it for me

Whats it look like? got pics?

I'm hoping you can come up here sometime after that blue thing starts moving on its own power and we can get sommin done. You prolly need that hoist thing made most, so you can start scrapping.

Hey did Dennis come get a 3rd from ya?

[Jordan7118]

i was hoping  you would  help/build a  cage around it for me

I don't think you're in need of a cage, yet. LMK when you get to denting body panels, rolling, hittin' 4s, etc. Get to work on making that crap MOVE!!!

Wait... Maybe I need to heed that advice. 

I'd redo that shock mount, Glen. A reinforced piece of plate with mounts on the factory "tube" would be just as good as your pipe from framerail to framerail. Just my  , though. Good to see some progress!!!

[CTENG in KS]

Plus it would be less heavy too.

[79coyotefrg]

I don't think you're in need of a cage, yet.

cage for the bumper  not the truck

[79coyotefrg]

Plus it would be less heavy too.

but  thats  the point  ..... BEEF

[unclejpl4x4]

[BLACKDOG]

but  thats  the point  ..... BEEF

weight doesn't necessarily mean beef.  you can throw all the steel at it you want, building it right will almost always be better than building it big.  I'm with CTENG on this one   Weld that pipe to the frame rails with brackets and gussets, or modify the existing one

[79coyotefrg]

Whats it look like? got pics?

I'm hoping you can come up here sometime after that blue thing starts moving on its own power and we can get sommin done. You prolly need that hoist thing made most, so you can start scrapping.

Hey did Dennis come get a 3rd from ya?

yep  Dennis came over this afternoon  ,  he  got a a/c compressor  and bracket (gonna try and make a  air compressor)  and the 3rd

he loaded  all the scrap from the rebuild  on the trailer for me

btw  he said my shock mount looked good (i worked on it some more)  and  he would  probably do something similiar

its like my old bumper but without  the  cage  that surrounded  it

[79coyotefrg]

weight doesn't necessarily mean beef.  you can throw all the steel at it you want, building it right will almost always be better than building it big.  I'm with CTENG on this one   Weld that pipe to the frame rails with brackets and gussets, or modify the existing one

see i knew  i shouldnt have posted a pic  befor i finished    it has been  gusseted   and will be  even more so,  yall should know i dont do anything  halfass

[BLACKDOG]

see i knew  i shouldnt have posted a pic  befor i finished    it has been  gusseted   and will be  even more so,  yall should know i dont do anything  halfass

well duh!     We monday morning quaterback everything remember?

[79coyotefrg]

well duh!     We monday morning quaterback everything remember?

yes  i was having flashbacks  of  poor  BlingN's  cage 

[CTENG in KS]

That was a piece of crap even when he was done.  He used a wrench for filler for christs sake!

[Gittinit]

Where  is that dead horse smilie?

[79coyotefrg]

Where  is that dead horse smilie?

[unclejpl4x4]

That was a piece of crap even when he was done.  He used a wrench for filler for christs sake!

i thot that was    

[79coyotefrg]

  shock mount gusseted in three locations ,  welded securely ground smooth and painted black to match the frame 


yea yea  pics tomorrow

[BUBBA]

what happened to the pics,tomorrow has come and gone.

[mudmaster]