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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by FISHIES848

My little risers are 3" tall. I cut like 20 pieces at 3" and tacked them all in place. This makes the entire rack 5" tall. Perfect height in my opinion
Ok, thanks man. Im gonna go to a metal wholesale shop this weekend and get the lengths of steel im going to need, ill be sure to post up the finished product and my design once i finished sketching it up, just gotta make a few adjustments
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 12:07 AM
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Ok, thanks man. Im gonna go to a metal wholesale shop this weekend and get the lengths of steel im going to need, ill be sure to post up the finished product and my design once i finished sketching it up, just gotta make a few adjustments
Do u have a metal chop saw
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Gary Briggs
Home made gutter mount.

Lower profile is why you do gutter clamps? You remove the 2 factory bars I assume?

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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FISHIES848

And this is enough for tonight!
Thinking about building a couple to sell
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 10:05 PM
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Did mine as simple as possible, used square tubing and used stock rack with ubolts to mount , and drilled holes through with bolts for mounting shovel and axe, and an ibolt for the tire
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Binks95xj
Did mine as simple as possible, used square tubing and used stock rack with ubolts to mount , and drilled holes through with bolts for mounting shovel and axe, and an ibolt for the tire
Our jeeps are like almost the same haha
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:09 PM
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Lol thts why i figured id show ya mine, ill be posting one more pic of how i mounted it since ive had afew pms , hope i dont take up your thread, but good work on yours
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:15 PM
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For those who asked, sorry for taking up your thread
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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For those who asked, sorry for taking up your thread
No prob man. Nice job. I wanna add a shovel for winter. I got stuck while snow pile bashing last year and coulda dug it out if u had a shovel with me
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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Luckly i havent had to use it to get unstuck yet lol knock on wood, but deffenty like having it there plus have an axe on the other side too, adds to the look and if needed they are there, eventually will add a hi lift just work too much and havent had a chance
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by FISHIES848

Do u have a metal chop saw
No I dont, but I have a friend who has one and a some high end millermatic welder, his dads pretty good at welding. But im just finishing up drawing it 3D in cadd, im going to integrate a lightbar that has 4 flood lights built in from Northern tool, how did you make a spare tire mount on yours?
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Originally Posted by 1998CherokeeXJ

No I dont, but I have a friend who has one and a some high end millermatic welder, his dads pretty good at welding. But im just finishing up drawing it 3D in cadd, im going to integrate a lightbar that has 4 flood lights built in from Northern tool, how did you make a spare tire mount on yours?
For mine I just threw it up there and tied it down with a ratchet strap. It's only temporary till I rework my old tire swing on the rear bumper. It was built for a 31" now I have to fit a 35"
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 10:20 PM
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how many feet of 1 inch square did you use? and what was the thickness?
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by morgan320i
how many feet of 1 inch square did you use? and what was the thickness?
I will try to measure for you tomorrow if I remember. I think I used around 50 feet of 1"x1"x 16 Gauge
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 10:46 PM
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Thanks for the mounting pics.


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