5 ton crew build

[CrappiePoint]

Well guys I finally got all the rot pulled off, cross joists painted and ready to put the new floor in. I had to cut the door supports flush with the cab inner tube because of the rust. I added in a piece of angle 2” 14 ga angle for the floor to sit on and when I get the floor in I will add another on top to sandwich it in and strengthen the lateral load. When I tie the top together this will help as well. There aren’t enough curse words to express the effort involved in removing spot welds!!! Finally laying some floor tomorrow!!

 

[th3v3rn]

Well guys I finally got all the rot pulled off, cross joists painted and ready to put the new floor in. I had to cut the door supports flush with the cab inner tube because of the rust. I added in a piece of angle 2” 14 ga angle for the floor to sit on and when I get the floor in I will add another on top to sandwich it in and strengthen the later load. When I tie the top together this will help as well. There aren’t enough curse words to express the effort involved in removing spot welds!!! Finally laying some floor tomorrow!!

Are you planning on welding from the underside or plug welding through the the top of the floor?

 

[CrappiePoint]

You got it !! Plug welds. I’m not showing the under side welds for a reason lol.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Sorry bout the delay I have been cutting the door jambs off the donor cab and cutting them up. There are some tricky measurements reusing the door jambs so there has been lots of “butt scratching” to coin a phrase. I will follow up with the solutions and some detailed pics in a couple of days. It’s going to be pretty cool tho.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Tough sledding the last couple of days, but I did get the first piece of floor welded in. Since my harbor freight hole punch won’t punch 14ga I had to get creative with the drill press. I have the first door jamb sitting up there to see where I will land the opening. I added almost a foot and a half to the length of the rear section to “ make way” for something cool. More to come

 

[th3v3rn]

Tough sledding the last couple of days, but I did get the first piece of floor welded in. Since my harbor freight hole punch won’t punch 14ga I had to get creative with the drill press. I have the first door jamb sitting up there to see where I will land the opening. I added almost a foot and a half to the length of the rear section to “ make way” for something cool. More to come

Is that a steelit type paint that is weldable? Was thinking it was just Rust-Oleum.

Finally got the rear cab off. That was frustrating. Having steel delivered tomorrow. Cross member should be here Friday.

 

[CrappiePoint]

Good eye. The sides are regular primer and the middle will be paint thru. The local automotive stores did not have any so the spots were drilled thru the 14ga into the crossmembers. I went to the paint store and got weld thru. Yes that back wall is hard to get off without tearing it up.