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Box Rocket

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I've been working on my wildyoats rear bumper for the last couple days but I spent about an hour working on a bracket to hold my CO2 tank in the truck.

I still use my 3rd row seats periodically so I bought an extra passenger side 3rd row seat bracket from racerdave's wrecked truck that I could modify. Used some 3/4" bar stock and a little flat stock, along with my newl acquired vehicle mounting bracket for my 20lb tank and......viola! Still needs paint.

Really easy and the thing is super solid. Since I used the extra seat bracket I can just bolt this one in when I'm headed to the trail and leave my seats in the rest of the time.

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Yeah good point Dusty. That is going to rotate and take out the whole quarter panel! Ugly.
 
?? how is going to rotate? It's welded to the bar and that bar is bolted to the wheelwell hump.
 
FirstToy said:
?? how is going to rotate? It's welded to the bar and that bar is bolted to the wheelwell hump.
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Yeah, the comments about it rotating had me really confused. Like I said in the original post, I got a spare seat bracket so I could permanently modify this one by welding it and still have one for my seats.

This thing does not move. I was suprised how solid it was, expecting a little bit of movement but it just doesn't.
 
Dude it is welded at very tiny points. Very hard to support a 40lb bottle. It will bust those welds easy. You need some bottom support.
 
Unless something hits it, I don't see how the welds would break. Even then, the bars would likely deform before the welds broke.

The bracket can't move, the tank can't move. Where are you getting your force to break through 3/4" bar and welds.
 
Wrench said:
Dude it is welded at very tiny points. Very hard to support a 40lb bottle. It will bust those welds easy. You need some bottom support.
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Dude, when it breaks and takes out my quarter panel I'll let you know and tell everyone you were right.:rolleyes:



Just don't hold your breath.
 
Box Rocket said:
Dude, when it breaks and takes out my quarter panel I'll let you know and tell everyone you were right.:rolleyes:



Just don't hold your breath.
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That'll be pretty soon....
 
If those welds are quality then it aint movin.
Close up pic of welds please
 
fzj80kidpen said:
If those welds are quality then it aint movin.
Close up pic of welds please
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Yes but you are asking a lot from those welds. The fulcrum is right at those welds. You guys can't see that?
 
Wrench said:
The fulcrum is right at those welds.
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The tank doesn't pivot, it's static. Are you thinking he fabbed up a piece to attach to the 3rd row bracket like the seat does? It's not like that, the whole seat bracket comes out to remove the tank bracket, they're one piece now.
 
with the way the legs are setup all the force from the truck pitching and rolling off road will be concentrated on those two points. I can't say it will be a problem but after a while I'd expect some fracturing.

Taking those two horizontal legs and moving them out close to the attachment points of the bracket would help.

But the best option would be to fasten it to the floor.
 
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if the tank etc moved around much I could see it stressing the welds over time.......maybe. But it doesn't even wiggle a little so I don't see how it's going to get stressed.

I'm sure I could run a bolt through the floor but I just don't see it being necessary. I even thought of adding two more legs that are welded very wide at the bracket near the mounting plates. I may do that but I think it's merely a small safety measure and probably overkill.
 
ever look at a bicycle? the seatstays are hollow, thin tubes the diameter of a pencil and can hold dynamic stress of a full grown man pounding the pavement or trail for years.

his design is triangulated and OEM bolted to the body. It does not support the weight of the tank. I do not see the problem at all.
 
FirstToy said:
ever look at a bicycle? the seatstays are hollow, thin tubes the diameter of a pencil and can hold dynamic stress of a full grown man pounding the pavement or trail for years.

his design is triangulated and OEM bolted to the body. It does not support the weight of the tank. I do not see the problem at all.
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I'm glad there are at least two people (you and FZJFillmore) who this makes sense to. You are correct, the floor is supporting the weight of the tank and there is very little lateral stress. And even when it's on the trail it would take a drastic weight shift or an impact to create any significant stress on the mounting points. Even then I don't think it will cause the mount to fail. Hell when I first tacked the peices together I didn't like how they were situated and it took some serious beating to break the peice loose and that was when it was just tacked. If the peices I used to make this were hollow tubes, some cracking over time might be understandable but with solid bar stock it both the part I made and the OEM bracket I think it will stay together just fine.
 
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