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Fabing a gas tank skid, need plans
- Thread starter Diablito
- Start date
cheapxjwheeler
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Minnesota
You can always find an OEM one and mock that with better steel. Thats what I'm gonna do. Most junk yards have the gas tanks and skids peeled off of their vehicles and leave em in the back seat to prevent rotting. It should be easy to find one if your xj doesnt have one. Good luck.
OT
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Jensen, UT
Sorry no plans. I just measured and cut then welded it all together. I used the hitch as the main frame of the skid. The sides and rear of it are welded onto the hitch. Oh yeah, it's 3/16".Diablito said:
HTH
cheapxjwheeler
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Minnesota
ok now thats sweet! Maybe I should rethink my plans. To hell with my old plan. Hope you dont mind okie.
OT
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Jensen, UT
Go fer it. That's why I put it up.cheapxjwheeler said:
Forgot to add, the way it is, if I need to remove it, I just unbolt the hitch. Also, there is no vertical reinforcement, I haven't found an instance when I've needed it and I wheel big rocks and steep drops.
NotMatt
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Wenatchee, WA
Terry, that looks awesome. I never thought about integrating it with the hitch but it makes more sense than replicating a lot of what the hitch does already. Nice job, I'm going to use those pics as inspiration for my gas tank skid as soon as I get a tank of oxygen for the torch so I can chop up some scrap metal. 
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