I’m going to have the cab upside down in a few weeks to finish off rust repair and paint. While it’s easy to work on, I’d like to beef up the rocker panel area where a step may be added later. Maybe add two gussets back to the cab floor, or a thicker piece of metal along the rocker.

I destroyed the rocker for steps on the last cab and never thought I would add steps again for that reason. Well I think I can do better than 19 year old me could do back then, so I might give it another try. I am not going to add them right away, but I would need to know where they would be mounted so I can make provisions.

I was looking at the directions for the Carr loop step. It said to locate the step center on the front edge of the seat while it’s set for a comfortable position. My seat is not in the truck at the moment

Can someone with a Carr loop step tell me what the center of the first post is off the center of the bolt that mounts the fender to the rocker? Also Whats the distance between the centers of the two posts and the dimensions of bracket on the end of the posts. I can’t seem to find these dimensions anywhere in their literature. I thought @tbear had a dimensioned drawing of his posted on here, but nothing is coming up in a search.

This is the step I was thinking about.
https://www.etrailer.com/Nerf-Bars-~-Running-Boards/Carr/CAR89MR.html

Thanks

 

I gave a lot of thought to the twisting force of me stepping on / off a step bolted to that rocker hanging down. I arrived at a solution, I only used one bolt through the step to the step brackets (I made at each of 4 places). This meant the steps would be free to swing in and the rocker was only holding them up off the ground. Then I used 1-1/2" x 1/4" steel to make "struts" to hold those steps outward & level. That steel bolts to a piece under the step that goes crossways to spread the load. The other end of the brace bolts to the floor over above the frame, with big washers. I used "Carr" Super Hoops 124032.
I made my hanger brackets heavier duty.




I know it could use some detail work.



Hope it helps.......................

 

Thanks Tbear. Thats what I was looking for.

 

These steps have been on my pickup for many years and the metal on the cab has no cracks or bending. no need for alterations.

 

I had some pretty cheap steps. They were just 3/4” tube that were chrome plated. I had to pack something in the tube, or I used nuts inside the tube to keep it from crushing while tightening. They were always loose. I probably even caught it on things in the woods at times. Eventually the holes as well as the rest of the cab rusted away.

These steps seem a lot better. I’ll probably wait till later, if I buy and install them at all. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing out on an opportunity to beef it up now while it’s easy to get to and nothing is painted or undercoated.

 

Ive put the Carr hoops on my 75 f250 and 78 bronco. Looks like about the same as 440 six-pack install


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