trimster Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) This is going to take a while to finish the bed completely. Budget constraints. But we have begun the process. The fabricator (C & A Customs, Salt Lake City) does this kinda work on a large scale for fleets of all kinds of trucks, for the past 30 yrs. I had them replace the front brakes on my truck (they do full mechanic stuff as well) and noticed the work they were doing on several MDTs. Great work. Showed them a sketch of what I was after...and now the truck is in their bay getting the frame extended, hitch installed, rear end/back with lights, and receiver hitch fabricated. I'll post photos as they are available. So... before images. WB is 110". We're adding about 20" to the frame to accommodate hitch placement clearing a possible trike up front and the nose of the trailer swing. Also want to add an 18" tool box under the bed, aft of the rear drive tires. Edited August 27, 2020 by trimster Quote Robert & Lisa '14 Keystone Fuzion 315 38' 5er 2015 Volvo VNL 670, D13, iShift 'The Tartis' (ours) 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 'K-9' 2011 CanAm Spyder RT Limited (Ours) We are both USAF vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimster Posted August 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 Frame cut and extension fitted. First welds. More metal to come. Working out measurements from back of cab wings to king pin, etc. Measuring some chrome thing that might be part of the build. (need to build suspense here). Hitch on the floor. Possible lights placement on chrome thing. More coming.... Quote Robert & Lisa '14 Keystone Fuzion 315 38' 5er 2015 Volvo VNL 670, D13, iShift 'The Tartis' (ours) 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 'K-9' 2011 CanAm Spyder RT Limited (Ours) We are both USAF vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 Looks like their moving pretty fast. Like the chrome rearend. Quote Alie & Jim + 8 paws 2017 DRV Memphis BART- 1998 Volvo 610 Lil'ole 6cyl Cummins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimster Posted August 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 It's an 18" Peterbilt front bumper the fab shop had around. I think it will work. Quote Robert & Lisa '14 Keystone Fuzion 315 38' 5er 2015 Volvo VNL 670, D13, iShift 'The Tartis' (ours) 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 'K-9' 2011 CanAm Spyder RT Limited (Ours) We are both USAF vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoamingRanger Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Just curious- do all of these shops make their own frame extensions or are they purchased? You'd need a pretty good sized press brake to bend steel that thick. Also, the radius always seems to match pretty well which leads me to believe they're purchased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimster Posted August 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Actually those were left over from a job where they were shortening a frame. Recycled so to speak. Edited August 29, 2020 by trimster Quote Robert & Lisa '14 Keystone Fuzion 315 38' 5er 2015 Volvo VNL 670, D13, iShift 'The Tartis' (ours) 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 'K-9' 2011 CanAm Spyder RT Limited (Ours) We are both USAF vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoamingRanger Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Gotcha, that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmup68 Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 8/29/2020 at 11:14 AM, RoamingRanger said: Just curious- do all of these shops make their own frame extensions or are they purchased? You'd need a pretty good sized press brake to bend steel that thick. Also, the radius always seems to match pretty well which leads me to believe they're purchased. The guy who did mine and Jonesn2Travels had them bent up. Lots of steel shops around the area and they have MASSIVE presses. Took them less than 10 min to bend them up. Was very impressive and I kept wondering how many fingers/hands/arms have been crushed over the years. Quote 2003 International Eagle 9200i, Cummins ISX, Freedomline 2007 Teton Scottsdale XT4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimster Posted September 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Truck is home. Here's photos of the frame work. Roughly 20" added. Has room for an 18x18 box behind the tires. Ready to install lights. Hitch installed. Did they use big enough angle iron? Geeze. Hole in Peterbult bumper is in a perfect spot for the receiver hitch. Let the wiring begin. Everything soldered, shrink wrapped and double covered. More photos to come. Edited September 3, 2020 by trimster Quote Robert & Lisa '14 Keystone Fuzion 315 38' 5er 2015 Volvo VNL 670, D13, iShift 'The Tartis' (ours) 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 'K-9' 2011 CanAm Spyder RT Limited (Ours) We are both USAF vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimster Posted September 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Wife informed me I got the names backwards. Hmmmm. Bob Quote Robert & Lisa '14 Keystone Fuzion 315 38' 5er 2015 Volvo VNL 670, D13, iShift 'The Tartis' (ours) 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 'K-9' 2011 CanAm Spyder RT Limited (Ours) We are both USAF vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoamingRanger Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Great job Bob, coming along nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenandjon Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Coming along nice. Interesting concept with the bumper. I think I like it. Quote Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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