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Jim you're just going to run into the same problem as you did with the original one since the design didn't change. Replace that 1/8" angle iron with 1/4"...
1/4" angle iron will just mash further in to the unibody rail though. I'll have to get pics tonight, but the rail got mashed in a bit.
Install a 12" long section of angle iron then. Even Kevin thinks it should be 1/4"
That's the other thing I was thinking of. What if I had the portion that goes up against the horizontal plane of the rail extended out a few inches on each side? Or should I extend both planes? I've got several inches of frame rail fore and aft without interfering with anything as long as I don't go outboard.
Like some 3" or 4" x 1/4" angle iron?
Spreading it out like that sounds like it would work pretty well. Not sure what I would do with the angle of the connection from the arm to the skid though.
Yup, I did see your note. Just tossing a bunch of ideas around in my head and on the boards.
Jim you might just bolt throught the frame rail like I did. I took some huge hits and never bent like you (bottom plate still hit the transfers case).
I'll get some pics but I have a thread where you can make it out. You can also bolt through added plates on both side and its not gonna move ... ever.
I am gonna bend my bottom plate back to flat and either plate the bottom florr and run a bar up or triangulate to the rail to stiffen the plate from bending.
I think there is a reinforced area underneath I will be looking at also for tieing to.
IIRC the tree barely kissed his door handle. We were running Spring Creek and there's a little ledge in the trees that catches a lot of people off guard cuz it's about 100 yards up the trail from a faily long section of pretty nasty stuff so most people assume they're in the clear. On 31's open/open Ken couldn't quite get up it, and the line to get up it puts the driver side very close to a tree.
LOL It did just "kiss" the door handle, but to get off of it I had to crush the door. There was a big, I mean HUGE rock on the passenger side and in order to get around I had to drop into a hole on the drivers side. That flopped further than we both expected, and door handle met tree. I wasn't to concerned as the door was already smashed.
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