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So, my plan is to shed some sheet metal. I'd like to take the box off and build a cage to house my fuel cell, radiator and a toolbox. the plan then, is to build a cage around the cab, and I'm thinking that dove-tailing the front end and extending the cage foreward from the cab to a push bar. I've seen lots of rigs like this and think it would be really cool.
So, questions:
What is the ideal size tubing for this type of work?
Where in minnesota (MC's neck of the world) do I go to buy the steel supplies I need?
08-01-2007, 07:33 AM
jeepsr4ever
LOL Apple valley huh...you must have slid into trees there. Check local boneyards for patches. Ford trucks are everywhere out here.
08-01-2007, 09:51 AM
BREK
You can get your tubing from gerlux (spell check) in minneapolis, or winnick steel in forest lake.
08-01-2007, 08:28 PM
Soylent_Green
Do you know if Winnick's is open on saturdays?
Also, any recomendations as to what diameter and wall thickness I should use?
08-02-2007, 11:34 AM
BREK
They are open 8:00am-3:00pm on saturday's, here's their phone# (651)464-3920. I am not sure on the diameter or thickness of tubing you will need although the way I see it, the bigger the better :lo1l:
08-02-2007, 09:31 PM
Soylent_Green
Well, I did some looking, and Poison Spyder uses 1.75" .120 wall DOM tubing for everything on their brusier chassis. I would imagine that they would know best what size is a good balence between weight and stregnth.
So, that's what I'll look for.
I had the idea of using a couple steel window wells (for recessed basement windows) as removable fenders.
10-13-2007, 03:58 PM
Mudrat
Hows your project coming??
Why not prefabed trailer fenders from Northern or the like?