1990 B2200 Ground Up

Lookin good. Please dont go bag over axle...

Why not?

Bag over axle actually rides the best IF the bag is large enough. Havent made up my mind yet.

hey by no method am i criticizing. this is question just to give me a better insight i know you have been welding much longer then i have. ive still got less then a 1000 hours in welding anything id guess. however i was wondering if you plan on making additional passes on all the joints or if because the bevel on the joints you feel secure enough in them or if theres only single passes so incase you want to grind and cut the seam back out you can change peices out. either way looking forward to your awnser.

Those are just the root passes. I will be going back over everything.

its looking good man, its cool seeing that frame come together! with your short rear links is there even going to be any other way to mount the bags besides over the axle? i guess maybe on top of the top bars to the frame?

Now with the frame sections that narrow and everything mounted so far inside, are you going to have to run some pretty thick sway bars to keep it stable? or do you think it will be okay, roll wise in the corners? i guess with the auto/4cyl you dont have alot to worry about coming in fast. i cant wait to see the body starting to come together on your build

awesome wasnt sure so figured id ask. looks damn good i hope one day to have the balls to jump full in on something along these lines. looking forward to more of the build.

The link bars should be about 18" or so which is about the shortest you would want. I do not need nor am I looking for a lot of lift. There should be plenty of room to mount the bags on the bars either upper or lower or an the axle. If I were to hang the bars outside the frame there would be a lot of stability. I did want to run a sway bar front and rear even if it limits my side to side action. This will be a truck I could drive anytime I want.

That's the way the questions get answered. Being that I have the frame rails as 2"x4"x3/16" thick plus the body will help with the rigidity especially in the back. In the rear frame section over the axle I will have adjustable bars under the axle with adjusters.

The front will have bars coming down from the firewall to the frame for rigidity as well. Sort of like what I had on the sled.



Notice these bars bolt on and have teflon pads between them and the frame and them and the firewall. I need this same structure in the body to keep the frame sealed and not flexing.

Well I went out yesterday after work and cut the 2" square tube frame to go around the fuel tank. I got all the pieces cut but stopped there. I still have to bevel them and weld them together then install them. I changed it a little from the drawing.

I did find that my step notch is crooked. Glad it only has a bead down one side. Gotta cut it, move it over and re weld.

Did not do anything to it today. Had to work late.

more to come.