Fitting 35’s with minimal trimming NOW ADDING LONG TRAVEL AND 934 CV’s

I am a social media influencer with like, umm, 8 followers, can I haz free shit?

 

I agree

 

Best one I have heard (pretty sure it was here on TW).
"Speed Glamping"

ETA: The Aussies use the term "touring" to describe multi day offroad/camping trips. Good fit IMO.

 

I've heard you should only weld onto a frame on angles like that because a straight up/down weld makes a weak spot on the frame where it can crack.

 

That would imply your weld had made a stress concentration which would be indicative of an improperly made weld.

 

I like the sound of that! Might use “speed glamping” more often when my Go Fast camper arrives in February.

 

my truck is an inadvertant social media influencer now. gat damn that's looking skookum as frig.

 

I'm pretty sure this is one of those "That's what she said" moments...

 

It's less about the weld, and more about the stress being spread out over a larger area

 

They’re also generally less pretentious

 

What area - maybe if you post a diagram. If you cause the metal to crack at a joint that wouldn’t have formed before, you’ve made the material brittle.

 

I dunno if my quick sticky note drawing helps. Also, this is just stuff I've read and been told by other fabricators, but I don't have a tonne of personal experience.

 

Your diagram has a bigger plate in the second drawing. You could make any shape and spread out the force with simply making it bigger.

 

Need me to get out my ruler? The principle is still the same despite my drawing sucking...

I found this on pirate 4x4:

[Here's a quote from] "Welding Fabrication & Repair" by Frank Marlowe, and "Welding Essentials" by William Galvery and Frank Marlowe. . .they both say the exact same thing. . .

. . ."Do not place any welds perpendicular to the channel. Welds perpendicular to the channel concentrate stresses on just one section of the weld. This is because end welds on the patch plate prevent beam stress from being distributed evenly along the weld length. They become a new stress raiser and will produce near term failure."

Take it for what it's worth, I'm not trying to insult anybody, or act like I know more than @81Trekker . I'm a noob when it comes to fabricating and welding. I'm just passing along something I've heard from a few fabricators that I know, whether it's true or not you can decide for yourself.

 

Way too general. Each situation is going to be unique. Have you looked at your frame? You should email Toyota then.

 

Because Toyota frames never have problems. They're the gold standard, don't you know?!

Either way, it can't hurt.

 

Then I guess my RGF CMR, AG shock relocations, etc are done wrong too because of the vertical welds. You could also say that the potential for a having a plate welded like that with the points in the center of the thin frame could point load and start deforming the frame at that point vs a long vertical line spreading the load to the top and bottom bends which are stronger than the center of the frame. At that point it's more semantics so to speak and also potential for something or a load happening to cause either or.

 

A quote taken out of context vs. millions of vehicles that haven’t failed at the bed or shock towers. Not buying it.

 

I never said it was fact. Actually I said it's just what I've been told a few times for what it's worth. I don't mind being wrong

 

Enough arguing in here, @81Trekker should have done a circle landing pad and we all know it and @kasnerd truck will likely break in half if he hits any mall speed bumps at higher than the posted parking lot speed limits. That’s what speed limits are for fellas