Hey guys,

It's Shane from Baileigh Industrial here in Wisconsin. As you know, we deal with the Off Road crowd on a daily basis and would love to get a little more involved on the board and help out in our area of expertise.

So, I will start this tube bending thread. If you have any questions about roll cages, bending tube or pipe, application issues, what wall thickness will work or not, wall thickness vs. center line Radius or what material will bend. Pretty much anything related to tube bending......ask away.

 

Sounds like a good thread. But welcome to the site!! im sure that there will be a lot of questions for you.. how about some more info on what you do and some pictures

 

What size/thickness tube steel would you need to build a bumper that can hold a tire carrier? Or should square tube be used?

 

Speaking of that, I've been back and forth on using .120 wall 1 3/4" hrew tubing or 2" .188 wall square tubing for my spare tire carrier. It will be holding a 35" tire on a steel rim. I would think the .120 would be strong enough, but I would hate to be wrong and have to redo it.

 

Thanks...

Yes, I have this thread on a ton of forums for tube fabrication. They all seem to turn out to be a good resource for beginners to refer to.


Pics will come soon enough

 

That would be up to you to decide. I personally sell quite a bit of 2" round tube die sets to guys doing beefy bumpers like that.

.120" wall is the most common size my customers are using.

 

I've got a ton of guys using .120" wall with no issues.

 

"Get Bent" ya newbie



Welcome to Yotatech Shane. Love my t-shirt.

 

Wear it proudly and guard it with your life.

 

I just ask because I've heard .120 wouldn't be enough for the weight of the tire over a long period.

 

I'm sure the design of it would have allot to do with how much wall is needed to support a tire.

After cruzing around this site a little, I'm sure there is enough talent on here to contribute to this conversation.

 

Welcome to yotatech. I'm on your site quite regular. Someday I hope to have the resources for a ironworkers. A tube bender is next on tool purchase list. How about a nice yotatech discount.

Later

 

Thanks!

Sure, I'm sure we could work out something....

 

dom vs hrew for sliders and bumpers?
methods to determine quality steel from inferior steel?

 

NEWB question. (and i know i could probably find the answer on google, but i wanna bump this thread for ya guys )

whats the difference between HREW and DOM tubing?

 

Well hrew should be hot rolled and welded. there will be a weld line down the pipe on the inside there will be a raised weld bump. if you're sleving it over something you would have to grind this small bump down.. dom is drawn over mandrel. inside is smooth. from what ive done regular tubing is fine. .120 wall tubing is very strong. alot of it comes down to design. that my 2 cents. I once found a chart online that have tube vs pipe sizes and strenghts. can find it now.

 

HREW is smooth on the inside actually, poop pipe aka sprinkler pipe/water pipe has the lil ridge inside.

Just clarifying