Chux's 2013 Beach Buggy Build

YES!!!!!


I want a flatbed with a trundle drawer and canopy.

 

@ramonortiz55 do you still do group buys for Long Range tanks?

 

Also, love your thread viewing choice

@ramonortiz55

 

@ramonortiz55
or just waiting for @HomerTaco to sell me his

 

Progress

 

Progress




This rack design kicked my stubborn ass. I wanted to pull off the design as one full piece of rect tubing… I mocked it all up with 2x4s to figure out what angles and lengths I wanted, then transferred the angle cuts needed to the 12’ piece of 1.5x3”. First attempt was off, the bottom ended up wider than the flatbed by 2.5”. I took that into consideration and bent another 12’er and it ended up wayy to small landing on the edge of the flatbed. Both attempts had cracking at the folds of 22.5° that didn’t sit well with me. I tried to heat it up super hot and even tried to drill out the two ends of the bend for relief but didn’t help. I said fuckit and decided to just make the whole thing from individual pieces..

 

What series aluminum are you trying to bend? I hear 6061 doesn't like to be bent, but 5052 does

 

Not sure. I don’t get that far with my metal supplier..
I really wanted 2”x3”x3/16 for the rack and they said we only have 1.5”x3”x1/8 close to that dimension.. I just said sure I’ll take it..

 

Weird how it’s so close to a full canopy build but I’m not going that direction to save time.. Yet I’m still not done.

 

New toy

 

11/27/24 Front and rear diff flush for reference

 

Haven’t been on TW in a while but chipping at some progress..

 

Trundle drawer progress

 

4 wheel therapy is now 2 wheel therapy when your stuck in Jersey

 

The truck bed is looking great. I would love to have one like that. Are you keeping a blueprint of your build?