New Rockrails

[vauxilicon05]

Fab'd my own rockrails this past weekend with a little help from my dad and my uncle. I designed them similar to the Jeeperman Skidz. I checked out some Jeeperman Skidz on a budy's rig and they were very stout, but....I definately overdid it with mine. I can rest assured that if for some reason I total my Jeep or perhaps drive it off a cliff, I will at least have a perfect set of rockrails left over.... ;D They are very heavy duty yet still very practical. They are heavier then Jeeperman Skidz...probly weigh in around 60lbs. a piece. But, thats ok with me. They're beefy and thats what I wanted. We used round tubing for the frame of them, but the tubing is solid, not hollow. The rest of the rails is 3/8" steel plate. Here's a few pics...they still need to be powdercoated black, then they're finished.

[nwquadriders]

[salyers890]

any pics of where they mount? looks great bud. i don't even know how much the bumper you fab will weigh. where are you from? what was the total hit on the pocket book?

[vauxilicon05]

I'm going to take some pics of how I mounted them tomorrow. But, basically I just sandwiched the frame with two 3/8" pieces of plate steel. One piece I welded to the mounts I made and the other piece I put on the inside of the frame and bolted to two together with six 3/8" 5-grade bolts. I made 2 brackets for each rock rail. They don't flex or budge. The Hi-Lift test was cool to do. Lifted the whole Jeep up using the rails and they didn't even move.

Yeah, the bumpers will be heavy. But I won't go too crazy with them. I think for the rear bumper/tire carrier I am going to use a design similar to the Grant 4x4 rear tire carrier where the 2 Jerry cans are mounted in between the tailgate and spare. Probably just use 1 1/2" square tubing for the carrier. The rear bumper I'm going to kind of fab up similar to the Hanson rear bumper. Probably do the front similar to a Hanson as well. I've got to start drawing some stuff up and figuring out how I'll mount those as well.

I am from Oklahoma. The total cost of materials was probably about $60. Thats the good thing about having an uncle with lots of equipment for me to use, and a local steel company that seperates the "good stuff" from the "not as good stuff". Bought 500lbs. of steel for $95....

[hydrotoys]

Excellent. I'm going to borrow some of that idea, and modify my shroks.

[wv4x4]

Very Nice job! You should work for jeeperman! ;D

[salyers890]

125 shipped to chicago? lol