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| | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 709 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 709 | So my 3600 came with a tweeked frame rail end: https://photos.app.goo.gl/fSwwoARSbz97o67h8And I crimped in my rear cross-bar pulling out a tree the other day: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bKymZj2seopN5FLS9I'm looking to pickup a set of bumper brackets and I would like to straighten these out as much as possible before. Any suggestions on how to go about doing so? Thanks! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,755 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,755 | Unless you've got a set of sight gauges which are used to check frame alignment every couple of feet along the entire length of the vehicle and a few years' experience at using them, getting that one back into shape is a job for a professional shop with the right equipment. It's fixable right now, but an amateur attempt at straightening will make it impossible to fix.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | Well it seems you have a homemade wood bed and wood rails. You want to add a bumper? So anyway, the cross member has nothing to do with the brackets. The frame rail can be BFH'ed or a winch pull or a Porta Power. Both areas can be sledge hammered or pulled into shape with the bed off quite easily. (swing room)
I don't see much problem with mounting brackets as is, but can't tell for sure from your pics. Need many more pics with proper angles. I also don't know where brackets mount. I would use steel channel for a bumper and make my own brackets. Maybe the pics I see in your album are old and you have a steel bed on it now that requires a stock bumper to be complete?
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,016 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,016 | That rear tail isn't that bad. I believe it could be straightened fairly easily. The crossmember, however, is another story as HRL says. You might be better off cutting the crossmember out and replacing it.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | If the cross member is not causing any problems, leave it alone. If you ever get the bed off, straighten it in place or de-rivet it and whack it straight. Bolt it back on. This is not rocket science, it's bent metal that needs straightened. None of it is major like getting T-boned, or dog tracking.
If you treat it like a stump puller it's going to look like a stump puller. You don't pull on a cross member or a bumper or anything not made to pull.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 709 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 709 | Thanks everyone for your input. It's not a critical repair, as I plan on hanging a thick wooden bumper for the time being, but eventually a regular box and bumper may happen. I will see what I can force into some state of straightness and 'NO', I won't be using it to pull trees out anymore (at least in this fashion ;)) | | |
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