who's built rocksliders

[Parnelli_001]

for a pathfinder? anyone have any neat designs kickin around?

[clenchedtuna]

We just built two sets for a couple of Pathfinders here. Both are different styles. I'll take some pics on the next run and send them.

[Parnelli_001]

that would be great, thanks buddy, rfulcher@cablerocket.com i am pretty sure i know how they will look, its just the different ideas in attaching the to the frame and such that i want to know. :redneck

[Dean Neumann]

Ryan, I built a set of rocksliders and have them on my Pathy.
I used 3/16" 2"x3" box tubing for the slider rails, and 3/16" 2"x2" box tubing for the struts (that attach the sliders to the framerails). The best idea is to weld the struts to a 4"x4" piece of plate steel and put a triangular gusset at the top before you weld the sliders to the framerails, because it's hard getting your mig gun up where the top of the strut should be welded to the top of the framerail, so having the large piece of plate steel means you can weld all 4 sides of the strut to the plate while it is on the bench, then you can weld 3 sides of the plate steel to the framerail and that will give you plenty of weld bead to make it strong. You can't get your mig tip into the tight space to weld gussets into place after welding the struts to the framerail so putting gussets on while it's on the bench is the best bet.
Sorry, no photos.

[Parnelli_001]

no photos at all??? thats ok you explained it fairly clear. i printed it up and its time to fab... once this fire dies down here a bit i can start on my own projects once again. are there any pics on your site with your sliders on your pathy?

[Dean Neumann]

sorry Ryan, never took any photos. But I patterned them after these that I found on the web:
http://www.jeepin.com/features/steprails/steprails5.jpg