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Team no stickys
I am in the planning stages to build a new frame aft of my cab mount on my 1st gen Tacoma. It's plated, has a bunch of rust holes and in general is a rusty flakey shit show, it will be easier to start fresh back there. I'm thinking 2x3 3/16, I built my front frame section out of this when I did my sas and it's been working great. The plan is to build new rails and most likely run the factory bed as everytime I think tube bed I just go back to running the factory bed so I can haul shit, probably will have some sort of roll bar back there as a foundation of a future cage. I'm also looking at raising the fuel tank and keeping it on leafs for now.
A few questions: I probably need some flex in the frame, is 3/16 over kill for a fully boxed rear frame? Can I step it down to .120?
I will probably have at least 3 crossmembers back there, is this a situation where triangulation isn't always better? I was kidding around the idea of just an "x" right where the factory spare tire would have went.
I will have factory frame sections running from the rear cab mount to the forward cab mount, roughly 4.5ft as that's all good metal.
A few questions: I probably need some flex in the frame, is 3/16 over kill for a fully boxed rear frame? Can I step it down to .120?
I will probably have at least 3 crossmembers back there, is this a situation where triangulation isn't always better? I was kidding around the idea of just an "x" right where the factory spare tire would have went.
I will have factory frame sections running from the rear cab mount to the forward cab mount, roughly 4.5ft as that's all good metal.