My Youngest Son's Flatbed Build.....
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I bought a flatbed that was fabricated by someone else and it is just flat. I'm about to put rails and a roll bar on it. What gauge of steel tube did you use on your roll bar and rails? I got 14ga square 2x2 to keep the price and weight down and I am hoping that I didn't go too thin.
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I bought a flatbed that was fabricated by someone else and it is just flat. I'm about to put rails and a roll bar on it. What gauge of steel tube did you use on your roll bar and rails? I got 14ga square 2x2 to keep the price and weight down and I am hoping that I didn't go too thin.
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I believe 1/8 is 11 gauge. So that's quite a bit more steel than I am getting. I plan on bracing the roll bar a little more though. I think I'm going to do 2 vertical bars and have an angled one go back to the rail.
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You might be alright as long as you do the bracing. Good luck and post some finished pics when your all done with it.
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Will do! I don't plan on going on any rocks so I won't have too much to worry about. And on the off chance I roll it on the highway or in a field, anything is better than the tin can over my head now, right?
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