"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
07/14/2017 at 00:19 • Filed to: None
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"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
07/14/2017 at 00:19 • Filed to: None | 0
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FedEx delivered some step bars I ordered for the F150. The total package weight was 50 lbs, and these four brackets weight more than the tubular step bars themselves. They’re an impressively beefy four pieces of stamped and welded plate. I wonder if anyone told Westin that the brackets for step bars aren’t required to also function as jacking points for the truck?
For the night, my golf clubs have some company in the spare bedroom.
gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
07/14/2017 at 00:45 |
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It’s funny. Sometimes you see a truck go by missing the tubes but with the brackets still hanging on looking awkward. Now I know why.
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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
07/14/2017 at 00:47 |
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They’re 1/4" plate.
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gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
07/14/2017 at 00:48 |
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Most class III hitches are only 3/16" plate brackets. Lol.
Dave the car guy , still here
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
07/14/2017 at 09:27 |
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Liability stuff, to support the fatties. For real. Have had customers with trucks at over 400 lbs. Let me make this clear... the customer not the truck.
uofime-2
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
07/14/2017 at 11:01 |
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I can understand why they used such thick material. The bars are cantilevered out off the frame and if you get a couple big dudes jumping up and down on the running boards and that’s a whole lotta stress.
That said the shape of those parts is super inefficient, you could remove a ton of material from the middle, but that would require additional machining time and that means more cost. In a market that is without doubt very cost competitive there is probably little value added from the perspective of 90% of customers by making them lighter and the additional recyclable scrap material from the core outs would certainly not cover the cost.
TLDR; couldda done better but not commercially viable.