A little welding fab

[SlugSlinger]

Yep I see that thanks for the picture I'm a pipe welder for a living and that one pic looked like maybe 1 3/4 .125 wall I have built quit a few roll cages also

Ok. What type of material have you used for roll cages?

 

[kwaynem]

Ok. What type of material have you used for roll cages?

We use 1 3/4 .095 wall for the main cages most the time and 1 1/2 .095 every where else it probably wouldn't hold up for what your doing though your truck weighs a lot more than this those cars

 

[SlugSlinger]

Started a set for the wife's 4Runner. The nice thing about the 4Runner is it has a boxed frame. I thought how am I going to mount these sliders to this frame? However, it has many holes already in the frame with welded nuts on the inside of the frame. I just need to figure out the plate steel I'm going to use to mount these to the frame with and just match the existing holes already there. Talk about well thought out and engineered!

66" long
1.75" schedule 40 main tube
1.25" schedule 40 outer tube
1" schedule 40 dividers

These look tiny compared to the 9' (108") long sliders going on my truck.

 

[dlbleak]

Man, those look great. Who are you going to use for powder coating?

 

[SlugSlinger]

Man, those look great. Who are you going to use for powder coating?

http://www.gatorhydespray.com/

I'm going to have both sets coated with GatorHyde when I have my truck bed sprayed. The material is non-slip so it makes it a good coating for using the sliders as a step.

I had sprayed the sliders on my Tacoma with GatorHyde in 2012 and there was never even a blemish on them 5 years later. Plus they provide a lifetime guarantee. It's a little bit of a drive to Wagoner, but well worth it.

 

[dlbleak]

Gotcha, it's good stuff. Had a buddy that had a Gatorhyde franchise for a few years. He's driving a truck now and sure miss having the ability to call him up on a whim. He did a few beds for some other friends and my son's fender flares.

 

[SlugSlinger]

Where was his shop?

 

[SlugSlinger]

Here's a pic of the 2 sets laying side by side. I may end up welding some reinforcement gussets on the longer set's mounting brackets.

 

[dlbleak]

He was near Blanchard. Worked out of his house and had a really nice shop out back. I would help him do the prep and setup and he would give me one heckuva deal.

 

[dlbleak]

Here's a pic of the 2 sets laying side by side. I may end up welding some reinforcement gussets on the longer set's mounting brackets.

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Probably couldn't go wrong by doing that. Those are going to look great on that new Duramax!