What size steel is everyone using for a straight frame? 2×3 3/16. ? Wanna stay light but dont wanna have problems.
good question...
Although when I see a straight frame ...I generally see rockwells and tractor tires...and bigblocks ....under 100's of pounds of mud
so light kinnda goes out the window ==doh,
I'd say build a strong foundation and add NO2 if it's needs to be faster ==rocks
Yea nothing beats horsepower. But thats another day. Straight frame and 4 link is my project this winter.
What about tube frame ?
I would think tube would be lighter but i dont know the first thing about bending and building those.
What do you plan on building? 4 link ? One tons, rockswells? Skipper or bogger? Investing in a deccent tube bender would be a good investment, and fun to learn to do, its not terrible hard just gotta be patient and plan ahead so you don't wast material, plus later on you could build a custom cage, and tube bumpers for other stuff ect...
Prolly stay one tons for another year and def wanna do 4 link.. Running 44 boggers now and its more of a bogger then a skipper
Mine is 2" x 4" x 1/4" wall for frame and DOM round tube for subframe and 4 link bars
Thanks for the input. Nice truck bowtie972
Thanks