jimjxsn
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Ouray,Ourayphotography said:New welder fired up. Getting decent welds right out of the box. We have the main pad.
That looks great!
Ouray,Ourayphotography said:New welder fired up. Getting decent welds right out of the box. We have the main pad.
Thanks! Will be a wild ride for sure. I am the wing-it type, so you never know where it will go.ski3pin said:Ambitious project, we are enjoying watching the process.
I have been you-tubing quite a bit on this point. I often have problems with things moving, usually due to being in a hurry. The most important seems to be, to weld a little and move around the project making short welds. Not let any get too crazy hot. I had a little trouble with light twist today, so I strapped 2 corners and worked on bringing things back when welding. Worked pretty well. When I built my bumpers, things got a little crazya8ksh4 said:Do you have any good tricks for keeping this stuff square and level as you weld it together?
our big boy is going on 15. both dogs are all about campinglonghorn1 said:Looking good, love the dog. Our yellow lab will be 9 at the end of January. Loves camping. jd
Thanks! I plan to design some kind of mini receiver mounts in the bed, kind of like small hitch receivers, so I just drop the camper into the bed slots and put pins in. I Haven't figured it all out yet, but along those lines. I am planning to make the camper removable in just a few minutes, no bolts or turnbuckles. Hope that makes sense.pvstoy said:Looking good.
Have you thought how you are going to attach the camper to the bed? I have always been a believer on bolting the camper to the bed. At this point or future you can weld tabs that you can use as bolt holes through the camper floor.
Hey Shellback, good point.shellback said:Not sure if I even know what I'm talking about, but doesn't a pickup frame and bed twist a lot? I think that's why 4 wheel campers are only welding on 1 side of the square stock. If that's the case, I'm wondering how your welded up frame that's bolted to the truck frame will fare? I know one fellow with the flatbed build that had problems. I think he went with 1 mounting point in the front center that allowed pivoting.