Long Travel BS Thread

I prefer DOM and that's what I recommend to most customers because the cost difference is negligible IMO. The DOM vs 4130 debate generally has the most uninformed arguments. I'm not against mild steel, I just feel the cost difference is small compared to what you gain with DOM. But there are several trucks that have been very successful with mild steel cages

 

so true! and people are real passionate in what side they are on.

 

I have shown people metalurgy facts that 4130 is marginally stronger and they still want to argue with me. And they don't even know that there is normalized and annealed 4130. Simply put DOM is strong and easy to work with at a fair price point.

 

I use rebar for all my cage work

 

Hey Landon, what ever happened to this???


Okay, just an update for anyone that saw my past thread on my situation with that group. Landon is absolutely MIA. Can't get a hold of him at all. Mike has stepped up to the plate though and is paying me back out of his own pocket. I have actually physically recieved a check from him and am promised two more to follow over the next month or so to complete the payment... Although I honestly feel it sucks that he's having to do this as he was just an "employee" at Vendetta I do appreciate it. He said he'd figure out how to get re-embursed from Landon or whoever.

So anyways I wanted to put it in public that Mike has stepped up to the plate without hesitation once I contacted him directly to make things right.

Thanks Mike...


(Oh and I'm not really looking for discussion on this thread or anything. Just was posting an update for those that had read my past thread a month back or whatever...)



Khris

 

Yeah, in the grand scale of things, the price difference isn't too bad

This, or I'm liking the other guys idea of using electrical conduit

All in all, thanks everyone for the input. I'll just order a couple extra sticks of DOM and not think about it anymore

 

Conduit does tuck pretty nicely

 

Got resolved when it happened 7 years ago.... What the fuck does this have to do with anything?

 

drop bracket + 3 link = gnar epic sickness

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/3966033395.html

 

why the drop bracket? to keep 4wd? wtf

 

don't need the drop bracket to keep the 4wd. The questions are endless when it comes to that thing. Owner had to have one serious tiny wiener complex

 

since we are on the topic of tubing...how much do you guys pay for 1.75 .120 wall mild steel tubing? do i need electric seam welded? local shop quoted me 3$ per foot

 

my guess is he built the 3 link and it was too stinkbug. so of course the next logical step is to install a drop bracket to compensate, duh!
so many wasted parts

 

LOLZ

 

Thats too much, you can get DOM for a hair more than that

 

I bought about 150' of DOM for less than $3.50/ft

 

i dont know of any other places around here to get tubing

 

That raptor is ridiculous, drop bracket = gnar gnar travel! It's dumb stuff like this that has made the raptor such a huge joke as if it weren't already comical enough

 

Okay, I've got no beef with Landon at all!!!! I have NO CLUE who nonamebastard is or how that post got made. I vaguely remember maybe typing that up like 7+ yrs ago when we jumped thru that hoop but like said, that was taken care of ages ago and I've completely forgotten and moved on.

Pretty much everyone knows I use this same username on EVERY forum except I think on thumpertalk I had issues and had to go with just "sirhk"...

Landon, I have no clue who posted that crap above...

Khris



BTW, my truck is 100% hrew and I'd build out of hrew again in a heart beat if it was strictly a play truck. I've NEVER once had a tube failure or issue with mine. If it's going to be raced, DOM for sure.

 

I never thought it was you! that shit is long long burred. Thanks so much for clearing that up for everyone though. Your're a standup dude.