FlyBoy66

Being new to this forum... I can’t find the thread where we had our discussions about shipping. I hope this gets to you all the same. Thank you for all your effort to ship your rails to me. I was able to get them fabricated locally for $90 each. I even added a nice taper to the top (30” long with a taper from 12” down to 6” at the rear). With the overlap on the original taper, I think I extended the frame about 19” or so... enough for my ET hitch and a gooseneck turn over ball behind. Thanks again for your help. Daniel

My understanding on disconnecting the batteries is that all the electrical equipment, while grounded to the frame, has the power through circuitry and fuses, but ends up at the power side of the battery. If you disconnect the battery, essentially, you’re breaking the circuit to the electronic equipment and thus, no harm should come to them from arrant current through the frame... but... that’s just my theory. Thank you everyone for your replies. I will disconnect the battery and keep my ground close.

Thank you. The battery is easy enough to disconnect. I’ll do that and feel comfortable about welding then... I appreciate the feedback.

Does anyone have experience welding on Volvo trucks? My concern is if any current does not playing nice with the truck’s electronics. I will certainly disconnect the truck’s batteries. But does anyone go to the added protection of disconnecting the engine ECU, or even the instrument cluster? I’m all about being careful, but don’t know what other ramifications or resetting is required if I start disconnecting things. Thoughts? Thank you in advance.

Just bought our truck and would love to have them. Would it be too much of a pain to ship them to MN. We’ll pay of course. 612.269.2376 Daniel

NeverEasy... do you still have your Hayes for sale? I would be interested in buying it from you. 612.269.2376