roll bar
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roll bar
ive got a 88 f150 flatbed and want to make a rollbar for it that i could also mount lights to. what size tubing and what wall thickness do you think i should use? any ideas on design? thanks in advance.
chrono
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We used (for protection) 4" sched 40 black pipe and long sweep ells for the radius. Welded all w/ mig and ground flush so that no seam shows. Ran fish mouthed and welded 4" on a 45° angle about 8" from the ell weld to the bed along the side.Comes to rest just before dual rears. Used 4"x2" tubing to make light brackets and ground them to the contour of the 4" pipe. Used 150# flanges to mount on bed. Bed is 1/4" steel w/ gooseneck in well. Have fairlead for bed mounted winch welded to the bottom of the bar and it has come in handy for getting things un-stuck. Leverage, ya know. Jerry is working on a cutout with a fairlead in the bed just aft of the winch and fairlead under the push bar, some creative routing will be required, but he's real good with this type of fabrication. The winch will be able to be used to either front or rear from the bed mound. Electric over hydraulic winch, by the way, off a wrecker. Looks to be about a 10,000# unit
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i want it for the protection but i also want to be able to mount lights on it. i also want to take two supports from the top and go about halfway down the bed and then make a spare tire mount that can be removed when i need to haul stuff.
