couldn't you have just bought those? haha
by the time u buy the metal, and have it cut, and drilled, it almost seems cheaper the other way, but i dont know waht it costs to have all that stuff done silly me.


and im guessing its gotta weigh more than 20 lbs.. this much 1/4" weighs like 50-60




but regardless, i like how you think

 

ah not really. they are 28.99 each on one site i know of.

i paid $26 for that steel, which i got 2 out of and the guy that cut them for me got 4, then i paid $13 a shackle.

so for under 50 bucks, where i would have been over 50 and only had those 2 mounts.

 

Nice! I wanna see 'em mounted!

 

those came out nice

 

soon i hope. my new welder will ship next week

 

Mine were cheaper....

 

lol yours are a different design. apples to oranges :) j/m

and idk how you got your frame that clean. mine looks like crap.

 

wire wheel, flap disk and brake cleaner.

 

you definitely put time into it that is for sure.

 

ok maybe some want an update if they remember this thread. LOL

Dont mind the rust its winter, it happens.

 

I like 'em. If they're for recovery won't the strap or the shackles hit the valance and mess up the paint?

 

oh they may com in contact with it some but not much.

 

looks really good, ive got to get something like that in the front and rear because i know ill eventually get stuck

 

hopefully he'll never find out







lookin good Zach

 

that makes two of us!

 

nice work Zack.


I think you will be testing them real soon.

 

By the looks of it, first pull is going to put that shackle clean threw the bottom of the valance. The shackle is going to be horizontal or around it when used, which puts it right through the bottom of that valance.

 

I thought the same thing and if your ever stuck down in a hole and need to have the strap at a upward angle your valance is toast then as well.

 

the valance is about 2 inches from the bottom of the frame. when the shackle rotates up it may press against the bottom of the valance and just push it up some not a lot.

I dont mind that is scratches or tears the valance its already messed up.

 

Wow. 1" would be strong enough in hot rolled (could have saved some money) -- lol. That'll be beefy alright. If anything breaks it'll be the shackle or the welds!

 

that was the first concern i would have but looks good

 

Ah cold rolled was cheap at the time

Hopefully I dont have to use them much

 

Thats what your girlfriend said

 

front of the truck dork...

 

Thats a good idea I hate not having anything up front to recover the vehicle