I have a question on rock rail mounting. These are homemade, so some background:
For the base of my protection I have 1/4" plate covering the outer face and immediate underneath side of the rocker - more or less looks like the rockratz protection (BTW, I tested this alone and it will support a hi-lift, but I doubt it would stand up to any real abuse). To that I have added tubing the full length, cut and welded to the plate. basically looks like c<, where the c is the tubing and the < is the plate (no gaps of course). This combination is pretty stiff, and since it is supported the full length by the rocker, I dont see that it is likely to bend. I will have some legs run back to the 'frame' to stiffen things up and add lateral support. The end result will look alot like a traditional rail, but supported at the outer rocker instead of the pinch seam.
Okay, alot of background - I know. Anyway, the question is should I run some support along the pinch seam as well?
I'm not sure it needs it - but then again I though the last set of rails I built would work fine...
For the base of my protection I have 1/4" plate covering the outer face and immediate underneath side of the rocker - more or less looks like the rockratz protection (BTW, I tested this alone and it will support a hi-lift, but I doubt it would stand up to any real abuse). To that I have added tubing the full length, cut and welded to the plate. basically looks like c<, where the c is the tubing and the < is the plate (no gaps of course). This combination is pretty stiff, and since it is supported the full length by the rocker, I dont see that it is likely to bend. I will have some legs run back to the 'frame' to stiffen things up and add lateral support. The end result will look alot like a traditional rail, but supported at the outer rocker instead of the pinch seam.
Okay, alot of background - I know. Anyway, the question is should I run some support along the pinch seam as well?
I'm not sure it needs it - but then again I though the last set of rails I built would work fine...