Where is everyone #5

You sure know how to party

 

I know where you were at lol

 

Hahaha. I wasn't on the actual Pig Trail, this would be more like a piglet trail.

Same vicinity though. Just north of the 24 a few miles

 

Tell me y'alls thoughts.

I really don't care for these fairings. If you remember the old pics, these were 6' longer until I cut them down.

My battery box is back there, and it makes maintenance a PITA. It literally takes 45 minutes to unbolt all the bottom brackets.

Chasing an ABS problem the other day and had to remove it. I got to thinking I could just add steps to the existing brackets, along with some fab work I'm sure.

I've got some polished diamond plate I could cover the battery box with, polish the tanks, etc. Would look better I think, while losing 150lbs.

I had planned on pulling the tanks and painting the frame this coming winter anyway.

 

Right hand mill with 3 head blocks, hasn’t ran in a while, they took the sawdust drag up so they could mow close….

 

I've never liked the looks of fairings on a truck. Would really stand out with polished tanks and polished diamond plate on the battery box.

 

I'd make a 1 piece cover 3/16-1/4" wider than your vertical frame, plus 2", so you could break 1" on both sides. This gives some wiggle room for taking it on and off, and the broke sides will give it quite a bit of rigidity. Re-use the existing top step. It wouldn't be had to fab a pocket into the bottom, so you could re-use the bottom step, either. 6 bolts, 2 on top as far back under the door as you could go, and 4 on the side. 3 point projection weld nuts welded to the existing framework, at each bolt, McMaster-Carr. This would be using 1/8 - 3/16" treadplate.

If you used 1/4", I'd make it a 2 piece cover. 1/4" can be tough to break to 90*, without it cracking and needing a big radius. I'd just use 4 bolts on top, instead of 2. The step pocket in the bottom still wouldn't be hard to add.

 

Like a T800?
Borrowed an image from Cliff Reed.

 

Put some new shoes on my bucket of bolts I’ve had in inventory for a few months. Got the address for the pickup in Baltimore for the mining equipment. Same exact place I deliver steel from the plant here in Huntington, be an easy find. Got set up with the Emodal and have a twic card already, hopefully it won’t be to bad if an experience….

 

Yes, That definitely looks better to me. But I don't think my T600 fenders come down that far.