I'm bored... its fab time!

[Maverick]

So it's saturday night and Im bored as shit. I talked to my buddy and he's in the same boat. We decided were gonna go crank out a headache rack for my Superduty. I'll be updating in the wee-hours of the morning I'll leave you with a pic of my boring stock Superduty.

 

[Beef52751]

LOL, cant wait to see the finished product!!!

 

[metalmacguyver]

This ought to be good.

 

[kcm1582]

Sounds like fun man.

 

[AlwysBusted96]

This ought to be good.

x2

 

[dogboy]

You must have nice neighbors if they don't mind grinding and cutting that late at night/ early in the morning!!!
My neighbors are pretty nice, but not THAT nice.

 

[Maverick]

Just got home, all but finished it. Just needs some paint and a few holes drilled through it. We had a third guy show up so it went pretty quick once I figured out what I was wanted to do. I'm going to add a CB antenna mount and some reverse light tabs tomorrow, totally spaced it. Pretty basic design, strong and simple.

My buddy posing for the camera on the cold saw

Laying it out

Checking it out, initial fit

Tacking it all together

Me burning it all together

Trading off welding duties

Finish welded

Like I said, nothing fancy, but it'll keep my four wheeler from smashing through my rear window if for some reason the tie downs break or something. I should have it painted and installed on the truck by next weekend. I'll update when I get there

 

[metalmacguyver]

I want one of those.

 

[Beef52751]

thats sweet!!!

 

[danger88ranger]

Nice work

 

[Maverick]

I want one of those.

So do I, that wasnt my shop. I'll probably end up getting a horizontal bandsaw though. Those cold saws are fawkin expensive. A base model Scotchman like that starts out at $4500

 

[93Ranger4x4]

So was the middle finger intentional in the 5th pic down?(i think thats the one)

 

[JohnnyU]

Mav, In my experience with headache racks, you'll want some type of triangular gusset from the horizontal mounting bar to the vertical tubes. This just seems to help reduce deflection and vibration going down the road.

Looks nice, needs some frenched in LED's though

 

[CJREX]

I wish you'd get bored in my area! Hopefully a set of bumpers and rock rails would cure your boredom.

Very professional looking work.

 

[Maverick]

So was the middle finger intentional in the 5th pic down?(i think thats the one)

It was intentional by my buddy, I didnt notice it until later.

Mav, In my experience with headache racks, you'll want some type of triangular gusset from the horizontal mounting bar to the vertical tubes. This just seems to help reduce deflection and vibration going down the road.

Looks nice, needs some frenched in LED's though

I was actually thinking about adding those triangular gussets this morning. Something like how Pro-Tech does theirs, they look good. I think it would be a smart idea. And dont get ahead of me on the lights, I might just throw a giant yellow light bar up there


A few pics of it on the truck this morning. Damn rain flash rusted it.

Thanks for the compliments guys