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Yes, it certainly will be. It's more or less "sort of" in mock up mode. It'll be reinforced/triangulated with additional tubing running from the rear of the mount back to the frame. Then the plan is for the skid plate to tie into the ORD Magnum mount, frame rails and suspension mounts. It should be pretty stiff, at least that's the hope.Fascinating work.
One question on the rear lower links. Is the front mount reinforced against movement fore/aft?
No problem!! I’ll work on getting that today. Off the top of my head I think it’s ballpark 3/16” but I’ll verifyThanks for posting all of those detailed frame pictures! I'm researching the reinforcements that Jeep made to the M715 frames vs a civilian frame and have been really struggling to find pictures after the photobucket disaster. I never would have thought I'd be finding my best FSJ build information on mud!
Could I trouble you for a measurement of how thick your frame rail is? Anywhere rearward of the OE boxed section would be perfect. There's a lot of conjecture as to whether or not the M715's (and other HD Jeep trucks) received thicker frame rails than the half ton trucks and Wagoneers.
Haha! I’ve been slowly picking away at it, just picking up a bit more momentum latelySo glad to see updates... been wondering what was happening to Smokey.