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Here's a ball mount I made for one of my friends that has a new dodge 4 door 4x4 with 22" wheels and a 6" lift.  It's a 8" drop made from 3/4"x 2 1/2" flat bar and 2" tube.  the tubing is 3/16" wall, I wanted 1/4" but that's all I had and he's only pulling a small utility trailer with it.  The factory built one he had was made from 3/16" tube also.  I thought most were 1/4"Last edited by littlefuzz; 06-28-2007 at 06:16 PM.DewayneDixieland WeldingMM350PLincoln 100Some torchesOther misc. tools
Reply:Impressive mig work.. What are the horseshoes for??...zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Originally Posted by zapsterImpressive mig work.. What are the horseshoes for??...zap!
Reply:Great welds, looks beefy as heck! (Beefier than most you could buy that way..)
Reply:Very nice welds.  I still have to figure out how the heck you guys do that.  You must have a very, very (very) steady hand and consistant gun motion.  Even without coffee, I don't see myself being able to hold that steady any time soon.  Good thing I never wanted to be a surgeon. Favorite right now is a Miller Syncro 200.Tons of tools and I blame at least one of them when things don't go right.
Reply:Are the mig welds tacks layed on top of each other or is that one continuous bead. Either way it's pretty impressive. I make some of those drop hitches from time to time. Mostly for friends. I have yet to get mig welds to look that "stacked". Keep up the good work.
Reply:Originally Posted by phila.renewalVery nice welds.  I still have to figure out how the heck you guys do that.  You must have a very, very (very) steady hand and consistant gun motion.  Even without coffee, I don't see myself being able to hold that steady any time soon.  Good thing I never wanted to be a surgeon.
Reply:Geez I meant not steady after the coffee and stackers,  I'm all wired and can't be still DewayneDixieland WeldingMM350PLincoln 100Some torchesOther misc. tools
Reply:Looks good  How did you like bending the .5"? weld it like you own it
Reply:The work looks incredible. I concede my skills are not that good. Would love to watch you do that and learn how.Ok, here is my 4x4 ignorance. I have never thought those drop hitches were a good idea. My thinking is that front to back, you have decent stability, especially with that gusset. But any lateral movement is multiplied by the leverage that the length of the drop provides. My solution is more complicated but I believe a superior solution. Now, I don't know if I can explain it very well, but I will try. Instead of a receiver tube centered at the rear, I would place two receivers on the outside edges or close to the outside edges of the frame rails. Then fabricate a ballmount that comes out of the two receivers, drops down at your angle, then across, with the ball mounted in the middle it. I know it would be big and bulky, but holy cow, some of those drops I see are nutrageous!Again, your work looks awesome!!!!!!Lincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v  Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:Originally Posted by lewrayLooks good  How did you like bending the .5"?
Reply:Originally Posted by Joker11The work looks incredible. I concede my skills are not that good. Would love to watch you do that and learn how.Ok, here is my 4x4 ignorance. I have never thought those drop hitches were a good idea. My thinking is that front to back, you have decent stability, especially with that gusset. But any lateral movement is multiplied by the leverage that the length of the drop provides. My solution is more complicated but I believe a superior solution. Now, I don't know if I can explain it very well, but I will try. Instead of a receiver tube centered at the rear, I would place two receivers on the outside edges or close to the outside edges of the frame rails. Then fabricate a ballmount that comes out of the two receivers, drops down at your angle, then across, with the ball mounted in the middle it. I know it would be big and bulky, but holy cow, some of those drops I see are nutrageous!Again, your work looks awesome!!!!!!
Reply:That's a dandy one.  You could beat a heffalump to death with that thing.Smithboy...if it ain't broke, you ain't tryin'.
Reply:Just curiouse what you are using for shielding gas? argon/oxygen or co2?
Reply:Originally Posted by littlefuzzI still don't have Paul (ZTFab)beat though.
Reply:Nice assembly there, I thought for sure those were a series of tacks with the heat turned way up.  Our previous fabricator did those same sort of beads, he'ld make a series of heavy tacks, with a concave reinforcement like that. They looked really cool, very uniform. I checked with my semi-automatic instructor about the same techniques. He did not seem to care for the idea as I described it to him then. I never did show him an example. He (my instructor), being an Iron Worker by day, always preferred a slightly convex bead with well defined, very straight edges. I kept some of his examples for reference. I made a 2" reciever for my Jeep that did not quite come out straight! So I need to get my own assembly skills where they should be! Edit before time runs out! :-That 3/4 inch flat really should get some preheat! Peace! Out!Danny.Last edited by tanglediver; 06-29-2007 at 09:38 PM.City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Originally Posted by RebeltaitJust curiouse what you are using for shielding gas? argon/oxygen or co2?