Chase Rack Designs

[CoronaRaptor]

Next you'll be doing a roll cage!

 

[PorterW1111]

Next you'll be doing a roll cage!

Next truck. I’ll keep this one at the “bolt on” status.

 

[B E N]

Are you using .120 wall?

 

[PorterW1111]

Are you using .120 wall?

I’m actually running .160. I have to use a thick wall to avoid kinks in the bends since I’m not using a mandrel bender

 

[B E N]

What's your tube diameter and CLR? Who's bender are you using?

 

[CoronaRaptor]

What's your tube diameter and CLR? Who's bender are you using?

 

[PorterW1111]

What's your tube diameter and CLR? Who's bender are you using?

1.75” tube. It’s 6” clr...harbor freight brand 12 ton bender haha notching with a pipe master template and an angle grinder with a cut off wheel. Which I feel more accomplished with as “anyone” can program a bender with bendtech and notch on a plasma notcher...what’s the fun in that! Kidding just jealous

 

[MEIRONMAN207]

Better?

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I know this is still hard work and I can only dream of finding time to do this , but isn’t tweaking it more fun? So my comment is; I’m liking the flow and contour of your attempt to match the cab and all, however, if it were me, I likened to add a couple of small bends and go a small section below the rear lights and just above the sliding window.

 

[B E N]

1.75” tube. It’s 6” clr...harbor freight brand 12 ton bender haha notching with a pipe master template and an angle grinder with a cut off wheel. Which I feel more accomplished with as “anyone” can program a bender with bendtech and notch on a plasma notcher...what’s the fun in that! Kidding just jealous

Good on you for working with what you've got! If you get a chance to post up some pics of failed bends do so, you should be able to bend 1.75 x .095 on a 6.0 CLR w/out mandrels.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Good on you for working with what you've got! If you get a chance to post up some pics of failed bends do so, you should be able to bend 1.75 x .095 on a 6.0 CLR w/out mandrels.

I 2nd that, would like to see your *****-ups, lol