Well incase some are interested here is a pic and description of my weight bracket.
Its just one of the many ways to make one.
I built it out of 3x3" tube with a 1/4" wall. Overkill? yes. Heavy? you bet. But its out front so if I cant hang weights, ive still got 100lbs hanging out there.
What I did was cut two 3x3 tubes just barely long enough to clear the bumper cover. One end I cut a 22.5* mitre the other end I notched out 4.25" in and 1.75" down. I went extra so I could weld on the 1/4" plate pieces to cap it off
Then i cut two more pieces of 3x3 with a 22.5* on one end and a 45* on the other end. I cut them long enough to keep my weights high in the air, however I didnt take measurements from the centerline of the axle. So with my magnum wieghts it is about 64" to the front of the weights, I did find out I wont be able to runt eh magnum weights this year and will have to run IH weights which I do not have exact measurements on but I know they are a few inches shorter than magnum weights.
The plate I welded on for hanging the weights is 5/8" thick so that it snugly fits magnum weights. It is 6" wide so that the tab on the magnum weights cntacts the bottom of it and keeps the weights level. Unlike my previous bracket which was only 4" wide and the tab didnt hit thus the weights hung down.
This design is much much nicer than my old one. My old one we did the night before a pull and in a rush to get it done, i ended up warping it about .5", however it was thin enough steel(1/8"), that we could flex it into place. In addition one I let the from end down and hung my weights, they would sit about 2" off the ground which meant I had to back onto the scales. The bracket also made it a PITA to load the truck on the trailer as it would hit th ramps, so we sould have the crank the bars all the way up for clearnance. This new one should clear just fine or at least act as a skid plate.
Underneath you will see anothe rbar running across with a 4" loop made out of 5/8" bar welded on. This is my recovery loop so that when I break I can be easily towed off of the track and winched onto the trailer.
spent a lot of time getting everything perfect and polishing all of the welds smooth so that it will look nice.
Here is one pic. I will get some more close up detailed ones later. If you want exact specs le tme know, but I will most likely do a write up on it in the future.
Its just one of the many ways to make one.
I built it out of 3x3" tube with a 1/4" wall. Overkill? yes. Heavy? you bet. But its out front so if I cant hang weights, ive still got 100lbs hanging out there.
What I did was cut two 3x3 tubes just barely long enough to clear the bumper cover. One end I cut a 22.5* mitre the other end I notched out 4.25" in and 1.75" down. I went extra so I could weld on the 1/4" plate pieces to cap it off
Then i cut two more pieces of 3x3 with a 22.5* on one end and a 45* on the other end. I cut them long enough to keep my weights high in the air, however I didnt take measurements from the centerline of the axle. So with my magnum wieghts it is about 64" to the front of the weights, I did find out I wont be able to runt eh magnum weights this year and will have to run IH weights which I do not have exact measurements on but I know they are a few inches shorter than magnum weights.
The plate I welded on for hanging the weights is 5/8" thick so that it snugly fits magnum weights. It is 6" wide so that the tab on the magnum weights cntacts the bottom of it and keeps the weights level. Unlike my previous bracket which was only 4" wide and the tab didnt hit thus the weights hung down.
This design is much much nicer than my old one. My old one we did the night before a pull and in a rush to get it done, i ended up warping it about .5", however it was thin enough steel(1/8"), that we could flex it into place. In addition one I let the from end down and hung my weights, they would sit about 2" off the ground which meant I had to back onto the scales. The bracket also made it a PITA to load the truck on the trailer as it would hit th ramps, so we sould have the crank the bars all the way up for clearnance. This new one should clear just fine or at least act as a skid plate.
Underneath you will see anothe rbar running across with a 4" loop made out of 5/8" bar welded on. This is my recovery loop so that when I break I can be easily towed off of the track and winched onto the trailer.
spent a lot of time getting everything perfect and polishing all of the welds smooth so that it will look nice.
Here is one pic. I will get some more close up detailed ones later. If you want exact specs le tme know, but I will most likely do a write up on it in the future.
