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Powder Keg:
Welded a receiver hitch onto the bottom of the front bumper. I'll be able to put a bike rack or whatever there now:o)



It's welded all the way around. Corners and all. (It bugs me when guys weld to a edge and don't go around the corner. I think it looks bad)



More later.....

~Wes~

Powder Keg:
Got the mounts made and the turn signal holes cut for my new LED signals:o) Here it is all bolted into place.



Waiting on a new brake line. One was a little bad looking so its being replaced.

~Wes~

Powder Keg:
I'm building a rear bumper with swing-out tire carriers.. I've ran into a couple of problems. My camper lacks going in and letting me shut the tailgate by about 3/4". This was going to make my tire carrier funky. I had made some chains that were 4" long to hold the tailgate up. That's as far as it would shut. This would make the tire hang way out over the bumper. I started looking things over.

The front of the bed had been really beat up by a PO. Today I pulled the bed part way off so I could get to the bolts holding the bed front panel on. It was pretty beat up. Here you can see how crooked it is. The piece of ten gauge under it is my new bed front\o/ I just have to make it.



It looks like someone took a battle axe to it :wack:



I plan on adding a piece of 2" X 1/2" channel as a stiffener between the bed and the cab. This will give me an extra 1 1/4" of room in the bed.



Then I can get back to building bumpers\o/ and the camper will fit right\o/

Later,

~Wes~

Stilldrillin:
It's beginning to shape up nicely Wes.

I particularly like the indicator mounts, in your previous post.

Watching/ appreciating quietly.......  :thumbup:

David D

Powder Keg:
Today I managed to get the front of my trucks bed made and installed. Yesterday I was able to use the brake at work and cross bend the piece to help dampen vibration. I made a lip out of 1/2" X 2" channel to reinforce the top edge. The top edge had  a arch to it from the cross bend. I clamped the two parts to a short piece of I beam to straighten them out while they were welded.



I was pretty excited\o/ My welds are getting better I think?



Here it is with the clamps off. It stayed pretty straight. It had quits a bend to it because I broke it a little more than I should.



Here it is installed. I think It looks a lot better than the old one. It is bent just a little. But it's not bad.





I'll paint it when I do the rest of the truck

We were measuring today and I might still not have enough room to shut the tailgate? I was going off memory and didn't actually take any measurements till today. I'll have to put it in to see for sure. I'll try and do that tomorrow. But the piece needed fixed and that's done. I might have to make some new hinges if the gate wont shut?

~Wes~

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