[mknittle]

The first thing this spring was to clean the frame up where I needed to weld the lower hangers and the inside frame from the cross member that runs under the back of the cab to the back. then weld the hangers and suspension crossmember in next I made a template for 10Ga boxing plates. I traced the shape of the frame to the cardboard then onto a piece of plywood. Then came the hard part! I had to reduce the outline on the plywood by 1/2 inch on a sideby hand.That allowed me to clamp the plywood to the 10Ga and run around it with the plasma cutter. I think it was worth it though. as you can see the rough pletes turned out pretty close.The plates suround the suspention crossmember so it is welded to the inside of the frame and the outside of the plates.