04-04-2015, 09:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-04-2015, 10:05 PM by broncosbybart.)
Crawdad, I got the track bar made by Andy at Iron Man 4x4 Fab. They're in western NC and are great guys. He used 1-3/4" solid tube, machined it up, and then put the bends in it.
Man, what a beautiful day! Got some more stuff done. Here are some pics and details on what I did for the rock skis.
There are 2x4 supports on each of the skis that go to the frame. I welded 1/4" plate to cap the ends of those supports. Those plates were first drilled for 1/2" bolts. The bolts go to mounting holes on the frame. There are 8 total bolts holding each ski to the frame rail. A few pieces of angle iron were welded to the frame to provide mounting locations for a few of the bolts as the frame is higher in the rear than the front. Hope all this make sense. The pics should tell the story. I will add some gussets from the 2x4 supports to the 1/4" plate in order to stiffen it all up. I'm not finished welding it all together yet.
After all that, I dropped the body back on and bolted the front clip into place and fit up the front F250 shock mounts. I removed the body and welded them all up.
Sorry- pics are all out of order...
Man, what a beautiful day! Got some more stuff done. Here are some pics and details on what I did for the rock skis.
There are 2x4 supports on each of the skis that go to the frame. I welded 1/4" plate to cap the ends of those supports. Those plates were first drilled for 1/2" bolts. The bolts go to mounting holes on the frame. There are 8 total bolts holding each ski to the frame rail. A few pieces of angle iron were welded to the frame to provide mounting locations for a few of the bolts as the frame is higher in the rear than the front. Hope all this make sense. The pics should tell the story. I will add some gussets from the 2x4 supports to the 1/4" plate in order to stiffen it all up. I'm not finished welding it all together yet.
After all that, I dropped the body back on and bolted the front clip into place and fit up the front F250 shock mounts. I removed the body and welded them all up.
Sorry- pics are all out of order...