Hello everybody! I found some time lately to build a rear bumper for my FJ 60, and along the process I somehow ended up building three of them that are all a little different from each other, until I settled on the black one at the bottom.
They are made from formed steel .188 thick for the...
I became owner of a fj60 recently, in very good shape except for the roof rust. Most of the drip rail is rusted, especially rear corners. the outer shell of the roof has its share of rust going up about as high as 3 inches above the rail, almost around the whole truck. drivers A pillar rusted...
put this together a few months ago to be able to get a load of 12' 2xs. and be able to fit in parking garages too. I have been meaning to build one ever sense a piece of wood came crashing through the back window in the old ranger a while back
needed to haul 20'ers so I made the back...
finally got some time to get a little work done on my neglected Jimmy. got the cage bent up in 2" dom, found two front seats from a 2010 tundra and back seat from older tacoma. I came across some seat belts from a 2002 wrangler to keep the family safer than the old lap belt/ kidney crushers...
they are terrible. classified a bumper of mine as scrap for recycling without my knowing to get their profit as high as they could, with no risk to them, it all falls back on the customer whos account number is theirs to arbitrarily charge what ever when ever they want to to it. got charged...
3/16 wall 2x4 bumper, .120 wall 2x2 and 2x3 swing out arm, 1750 comp 4x4 spindle setup, destaco 341 toggle latch, bumper has been tied into frame with custom 90 degree brackets so it is not all hinging on crossmember. i built a cooler rack that is 30 x16 on the top.
main beam is made from 3/16" rectangular steel, everything else at least .120 wall. 3/4" thick clevis mounts that pass through bumper and are welded to the frame brackets, side protection brackets bolt up to existing captured nuts on frame, and those brackets are made of 5/16 and 3/8 steel. i...
2x6 3/16 wall bumper. 2x2 and 2x3 .120 swingarm.2" dom reciever for tire. 1/4 plate. slides over and bolts onto ord shackle flip. bolts into bottom and side of frame. big 'ol 1750lb trailer spindle. with matching comp 4x4 bearing housing that is 2.625 od with a .375 wall. i used de sta co 2k...
when bolting to a boxed frame, like rocksliders for instance, how do i go about doing it? would i drill all the way through bolt sides of the box, and through bolt it? couldnt that squish frame? does a sleeve get inserted into the frame to stop it from collapsing, if so how? any help would be...
bumper swing out tire carrier build
.188 and .120 rectangular tubing, 1/4 plate and .120 2" tubing. bolts on in 4 locations. rear crossmembrer must be removed to get it in tighter to the truck. 1250lb spindle comp 4x4 bearing housing, 2000lb de sta co latch. and adjustable tire mount for...