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You guys are nutz! Double quarter wall plate with 1/8" tubing goin through them is not strong enough???
Even if they did deform from the heat of welding that doesn't mean much. I one time deformed a 3/4" piece of 309 stainless more than 30 degrees from the heat of welding. It then took a 60 ton press to remove said bend.
IMO the hitch points are going to be more than adequate.
Although I do have one criticism, The single piece of plate your using as a mount between the bumper and the frame looks week to me. Not because its not beefy enough just that its got no lateral bracing. Also the frame looks to be fairly thin where it was bolted. If it were me I would have attempted to accomplish that with a piece of square tube or at least an I beam. At this point I might go back and weld in some reinforcement.
But looks killer man. I love the smoothed weld look, musta been a lotta work with a flap wheel!
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-Nate
88 PU long bed, pro comp 35s
All Pro rear suspension
Custom SAS
Toyota e-locker(R),aussie(F)
4/88's
And a whole lot of dents contributed by new england's natural flora and fauna (mostly responsible is one species of flora... pine) (and the elusive new england delivery truck)
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