fryed_1
03-09-2006, 06:48 PM
Ok finally getting around to cutting mine out. Got a bunch of steel and thick aluminum from a lady that was using steel supports in her house for free. About 12 12ft long peices in all various thickness.
The peices are 8" wide and 12ft long, so I figured 8" would be good enough for the center section. I know 8" tall in the center will more than fit a winch, but will 8" front to back fit it?
Basically it's going to be 58" wide. That will give me about 1/2" on either side of the front end sticking out to add on to if I wanted.
The center section is 8x8" for 30" across the middle.
The last 14" on either side taper up from the bottom from 8" to 5" as looking from the front.
Looking from the top down, the last 14" would taper from 8" thick to 4" thick.
I chose 30" because that is dead center on the frame, which would make the mounting points just inside where it starts to taper. Would also make a good mounting point for d-rings (shown below in blue).
I'm going to use the 1/4" stuff I have for the front, back, internal bracing and making new brackets, but figured for the top and bottom that the aluminum (I think it's around 3/16) would be fine and help to keep the weight down some. Bad idea? Below you can see the steel marked in red. The top pic is looking at it from the front. The bottom pic is looking at it from the top.
Anyways, excuse the crude drawing. I'm not up to snuff on my mspaint skills.
http://i2.tinypic.com/r0yq21.jpg
The peices are 8" wide and 12ft long, so I figured 8" would be good enough for the center section. I know 8" tall in the center will more than fit a winch, but will 8" front to back fit it?
Basically it's going to be 58" wide. That will give me about 1/2" on either side of the front end sticking out to add on to if I wanted.
The center section is 8x8" for 30" across the middle.
The last 14" on either side taper up from the bottom from 8" to 5" as looking from the front.
Looking from the top down, the last 14" would taper from 8" thick to 4" thick.
I chose 30" because that is dead center on the frame, which would make the mounting points just inside where it starts to taper. Would also make a good mounting point for d-rings (shown below in blue).
I'm going to use the 1/4" stuff I have for the front, back, internal bracing and making new brackets, but figured for the top and bottom that the aluminum (I think it's around 3/16) would be fine and help to keep the weight down some. Bad idea? Below you can see the steel marked in red. The top pic is looking at it from the front. The bottom pic is looking at it from the top.
Anyways, excuse the crude drawing. I'm not up to snuff on my mspaint skills.
http://i2.tinypic.com/r0yq21.jpg