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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 06:18 AM
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wooooow!!!! this is best of best!!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Tacking everything up
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 04:14 PM
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Tacked n monted top rail will come tomorrow hopefully
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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How are you attaching this to the roof?
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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2x2 angle iron drilled in the middle bolted to the 5 holes already there from the stock rack
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got the steel and started the rack today. rack pics later.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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Today I tacked the top rail and bottom together tomorrow I have a few welds find out what to use as my bottom then paint but I'm in no rush my tranny went last week so I'm waiting for a new one
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I am going to use flat expanded metal.
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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I'm thinking the same thing I thought about using 3/4" tubing (like I made the rack out ) but that's to heavy
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I am useing 1'' 16th '' tubing its lighter than 8th''
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 05:27 PM
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Ya probilly close to half the weight but mine in only like 100 lbs so it's not to bad I was thinking of alluninum for the whole thing put it's to much money
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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yea. I am almost done with the bottom part of my rack. Trying to figure out the angles.
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 06:05 PM
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I bent mine All at 90 degrees
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Everything but bottom and lights mounted
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Old Apr 13, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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nice. our pipe bender is old and knowone knows how to use it lol. What kind of lights are you going to put on it??
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