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Id love to just have a rope like I had on my 977K....6x6 3/8"...with 1/2" vertical bars.
BUUUUUT, something like that isn't practical on a truck.
Safe handling, an RESPONSIBLE driving. Cuz Ive done it too, got a Deuce an wanted to drive up Mt Rushmore.:driver:
Id love to just have a rope like I had on my 977K....6x6 3/8"...with 1/2" vertical bars.
BUUUUUT, something like that isn't practical on a truck.
Safe handling, an RESPONSIBLE driving. Cuz Ive done it too, got a Deuce an wanted to drive up Mt Rushmore.:driver:
The T-Bar idea is probably best to protect the cab, just have the height 6" above the roof, and it'd also make a REEEEALLY convenient Convoy Light mount....Id fab one up up using 4x6 3/8" just to make sure..
I like it.
Whooops! Didnt have 2nd page with me, forgot to add, the frame to bottom of cab front supports.
3/8" plate or 1/2" if ya want, or even 6" strap iron, the angle from frame to cab bottom was like 25*degrees if I remember... gusset the frame mount plate. Im using 3 little gussets in triangular...
At the Derailment outfit i worked for we used 90,000lb sidebooms, and I welded up some loading ramps out of 2' Square tube, 1/4" wall, and it held up awesomely. The most your ever gonna get a deuce up to before you start messin with DOT is 26K...2"X 1/4" WILL easily support that weight. After I...