Updated: INSTALLED!!! pics at bottom

with the wise advice of a few seasoned members on this board, I chose to stick to the traditional weld-on variety of sliders

here they are!!! half the fun is making them right?



they are the standard 2x2" 3/16" wall square tube steel 58" long
round tubing ended up being 1.25" 3/16" wall DOM
legs are 1.5" 1/4" wall square tube 7.25" long
and have 1/4 inch thick scab plates

the whole thing was sandblasted since some of the metal was reused and was painted, and the tube was sorta dirty with light "oxidation"

these things don't come too cheap, materials yeah ... $28 for steel that was new (very little of it) and $10 for rustoleum hammered paint and primer, but labor takes forever... 1-2 hours getting stuff together, about an hour bending tube up (i hate tube benders ), about 4-5 hours cutting, grinding, welding, and grinding, and a couple more hours painting... but it was fun, and in the end should wind up being around $50... same as my lift

heres a couple more clickables



I should be able to get them welded on this weekend I hope... should cost me lunch or so I'll be sure to get more pics when they are on

 

those look real nice man! Wanna make me some??

 

i like those a lot. those may be the first i've seen with double kickouts made from all tube.

what kind of bender do you have?

 

thanks for the compliments so far guys !!!

the double kickouts turned out kinda tricky, but I really wanted to do them, with one you can just do it, and then round off the other end regular which is real easy to measure...

bender, i have no idea what it is... it is a huge old thing at work,
clickable - (thumbnail doesnt show thin autoCad lines)
looks and works kinda like that, manual, PITA to make them both the same...

nope, not gonna make them for anyone since I did all the welding and grinding at work, (on my own time nonetheless), and cant really do it a lot

 

well anyways they look good nonetheless. Good job. Now you can update you sig.

 

VERY NICE! Wish I had the skills to put something like that together. Post pics of the install once you have it on.

 

Nice work. I was just cutting some cardboard templates for my scab plates and gussets at work today. Gotta stay busy somehow.

 

lol, yeah, almost time to update the sig just need to get them on...
cardboard templates are good, for this project I didnt need anything like that, but I've got a cardboard front and rear bumper... when I get more $$ may get those converted to steel

 

Any more tips for the novice wishing to copycat (most sincere form of admiration) your stuff?

What kind of welding did you do? I've got a buddy with a MIG welder and I was hoping to use that to make up some use-able sliders.

Nice design and work! Can't wait to see the finished pictures.

 

well, if you copy mine, you are also copying everyone else's out there, but since i dont think any one person can take credit for a design like this, it shouldn't matter I think the cost of these things is in the labor (and maybe steel), not the design. I used a Miller wire feed, dont know what model, but its about 2x2x3feet and must have like a 100% duty cycle (works). To draw these up, just take good dimensions off your truck, and measure and build them to exactly how YOU want them to look. I had drawn up complete prints for everything even the tube, but threw em out when i realized how difficult it was to make them exactly to a print, and then just bent em till they looked good. The measurements are all posted up in the first post, except the scab plates that are 3x3" and the legs that are placed (on center) (from one end of sliders) at 10" 25" and 42" (for a 3rd gen)

 

Those look pro! good job buddy.

 

oh, yeah, they are on finally!!!

 

It looks like all the legs are the same length. I don't know about the newer rigs but didn't that necessitate putting the front leg kinda far back? Maybe yours is different but on my 85 the front leg is way forward where the frame starts to angle inward and is longer and the mounting surface is angled. I do like the design though. Just thought that was weird about not having one long leg

 

yeah, all the same length, the front leg is actually only 10 inches from end (on center) and the 'rear' is 16 from end (on center) due to other mounts and crap in the way on the frame... strength wise it will be just fine