Posted by Lucian Drumond on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at 11:53PM :
In Reply to: Mark, you have some sound thinking posted by Paul (in NY) on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at 9:30PM :
This is a very good post. I have my cab off and am currently trying to figure out how to run a piece of square/rectangle tubing from the back driver side cab mount to the passenger side cab mount. There are two small spot welded looking panels, that are about oh ?? 1"x2" located in the center of the cab. I thought about cutting one side of the cab and running a continuos piece thru those square opennings to the other side.This would place the reinforcement basicly inside the cab and eliminate the cutting down of the body rubber mount. This post has presented the added option of making two more holes straight up into the pillars and tying them to the bottom piece.With the cab off you can come in from the bottom. Going forward to the front cab mounts would be easy.This would triangulate that cab,making it very strong indeed. The seat belts could then be very securily attached to this frame.Lucian