Tire Carrier Questoin


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Im building a Tire Carrier like the "Tire Gate" the only problem that Im having i with the angles that the pipe is bent.

Im just wanting to see how much the people bent the pipe when you guys made your own? Im talking about the lone pipe that makes the top of the gate that has 2 bends up towards the top front of the carrier.

Thanks!
 
Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin


That help?
 
The pictures are great! I was just wondering if you knew what angle you bent the top piece that looks like a C? That is the problem that Im running into, I have the next mocked up..but I cant figure out the angle that the top piece it bent at in the middle.
 
Honestly....I built that thing 4 years ago now....don't remember any of the measurements or angles off hand.
 
pictures... i have no idea what you're talking about...

i'm sure it will be a standard angle, and with a quick look at a pic, someone could tell you easily
 
Not seeing any pictures weezl? I posted a bunch
 
no, i saw yours, i was meaning from weiz, a pic or 2, that shows the angle he's talking about
 
I dont have any pictures..I was wanting to figure the angle out before I started to bend the pipe..It is the top piece of pipe in the 5th picture shown in the tread...Its the soild piece that has two bends that sits above the tire and looks like a "C" rotated on its side. It is bent to form the top part then goes all the way to attach to the base..
 
There's no set angle to what it is, due to your degree of lean, and height... Draw up some blueprints, and use Pythagoras to figure out the main angle (based on a full triangle, and one corner at the top) then divide by 2 to give you the compound angles
 
just make it as you go, none of my stuff has blue prints because its all original from my head, i just had to take a few crucial measurements and the rest gets eyeballed.
 
Look like the best plan is to just start bending a little at a time until everything matches up and looks even. Would you start with one side and bend it until the top portion is parallel with the bottom, then bend the other side until it connects with the the vertical base attached to the truck...
 
if you have a piece of cardboard as wide as the tailgate then you can lay out a template on it and then use it to make sure your bends are equal (kind of like i did in this pic). thats what i did when i made my skid plate brace, it wasnt a uniform shape so trying to get it right the first time by eyeballing it was almost impossible.

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin
 
Whenever I'm bending a hoop or anything like that I draw it all out on the floor of my shop first with my starts and stops of all my bends before I start bending any tube.
 
^^^ This, I draw out everything in paint marker on the floor to keep bends consistant.
 
Sasquatch_Ryda said:
Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin

Tire Carrier Questoin


That help?
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this the 36" you have in your sig? im considering building a tire gate, but i dont wanna waste my time if i cant fit a 37. how tight does that tire fit on there? maybe i should just try to fit a 37 at the edge of my bed to see how itll have to sit.
 
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