first tuber attempt...
 

another local las Vegas crawler, jeeperjoe and i have been working on this for a couple months, about 2-4hrs at a time. i cut and bent everything and Joe has done all of the brazing. its both of our first attempts at it. what do y'all think?

is all 3/16" and 1/8" solid rod with 3/16" tubing for the shock mounts. 11 1/4" long 3.5" wide and 4" or so tall. the solid rod makes it a little heavy for a tuber but its ****in beefy as hell. i actually don't have a drivetrain to put in this one right now but eventually it'll probably get an axial drivetrain and ill just use it as a fun crawler maybe try and compete with it, who knows.

obviously needs a lot of cleanup before it can be painted but i figured i'd post it up anyway. what do you guys use to clean up your tubers? i was kinda thinking about sandblasting it.

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here its supporting 265lbs, we're gonna try to park joe's jeep on it when it's done.
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i just wanna see that jeep on it!!!

it looks awesome!!!!"thumbsup"

Looks good!!! You might get away with settin the Jeep on it with a jack, I'd be very surprized if it handled driving the Jeep up on it. Don't be surprized if it takes out a tire though. :mrgreen:

that's what i was thinking, jack it up and set it down on it.

thats sick! good work, cant wait to see it painted"thumbsup""thumbsup"

we should be able to finish it tomorrow. we'll be adding flange nuts for panel attachment and hopefully a skid plate and link mounts.

its not ralph. i dont think it could handle a full size vehicle...haha

yeah maybe not, i didn't realize that ralph was chrome moly until just yesterday. so i think we'll skip the jeep thing, lol. anyway, more pics to come this evening.