Im up around fairmont/clarksburg area.

 

Do you all go rooting very often and did you find a nice bed for the crew cab?

 

theres really noone around here that muds anymore.

Im still up in the air about a bed. Ive got a new flatbed that i can use and put my commercial insurance on it for cheap or i have a decent camper special bed with the toolbox in it.

 

I sent you a pm yea noone really muds around here everyweekend either we have events a couple times a years though.

 

I am confused on why you are adding the section of steel? Is it to mount the spring pad too?

 

usin it for a spring mount. look at the one i had in the pics a few back. Itll be like that only bigger

 

1st off - just subscribing.

2nd - bolt on OR weld on. I personally like bolt on as it can be just as strong, but easier to change if you ever decide to. I never understood why guys do both If you weld it - cut 2" or so dia. circles in the plate about where you have the bolts and then weld around the dia. of the holes. This will give you more attachment points/weld surface.

yes - do a larger radius where the L shape starts

Last - don't bring the end of the plate to a point like that - radius it (large radius) instead. Points are where cracks/tears form with something that is welded. I know this area won't be seeing a ton of load at the end of the plate out there, but it is always better to radius the edges of a plate you will weld. Even if it slightly lessens the lenght of the attachemtn point (overall weld length)

Otherwise - like someone else said - more work and less talk. You have 2 years of talking about this to make up for already

*edit* so I decided to do a little photochopping to make my points more understandable. Obviously your lines would be straighter and your circles more like actual circles!

 

Pic of front spring mount.


http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSCN5684.jpg

 

What kills me about Mudrats, and others is the lack of side to side reinforcement on the spring mount. Obviously it works fine, but I think I just overkilled mine (maybe should have taken a few note before I began)

 

Well mine is just a beginner plate. Ill be adding more to it.

 

Ill be adding gussets so it front and rear and tieing both sides of the frame together

Oh yeah pics of the dodge spring hangers or it didnt happen! lol

 

Well today has brought the suck bad. After bout 15 min my work light burnt out. I got bout 5 holes drilled and brock the only 1/2" bit i had in 2. So i decided that i would take the cab loose to be able to get the drill and hole saw in to cut the shackle mount holes. Well the socket i needed for the cab mounts was the only one i didnt have with me. So when i finally gave up and went to leave it had been snowing and i didnt know it. The ranger was put into the gaurd rails and kept at 6 grand for about 15 min until i got out and now it smells like burnt oil. And no i dont have any pics.

 

well... Something tells me you just werent supposed to get anything done today...

Sorry about yuor day, but it happens to all of us....

 

You asked for it!


I completely removed a flimsy crossmember that sat there. The dodges had front shackles, so I reversed them My current front spring eye sits about the same, but I dropped the rear of the spring to accomodate a shackle....
Anyway, the part I was talking about is the triangle shaped piece that completely covers the fronts of the springs. Looking at others, it seems overkill


Sorry about your day. These are the times that make a fun project less enjoyable

 

What year was your dodge? Mine was a 92 and it had the ragular front shackle setup. Shackles in the rear of the springs.