Treds mounting

[BurbanAZ]

I bought a set of treds a while back and just hadn't gotten around to getting them mounted. I bought one of their mounting kits but it's a horrible design (at least for my setup). Yesterday I made some easy modifications to a set of the mounts that I used to mount my hi lift. Nothing fancy but it was cheap and easy.

One of the hi lift mounts. Their not the cheapest but I've used a set for my hi lift for years and I really like them.


I them plasma cut just a piece out of some scrap plate steel I had in my garage. Cut 2'x8'


I drilled holes in the piece and welded a bolt through one side.



Then like an idiot I realized I had made everything too short because I was using just one tred to measure everythin, so I cut some all thread real quick and extended the bolt.


Had to use a little coupling to extend the bolt on the mount because I couldn't weld that stainless steel.


Here's all finished

 

[BurbanAZ]

Not sure why that one thumbnail is different then all the others.

 

[johnspark]

How does it ride? I was thinking of doing something similar with my elements.

 

[rayra]

That has got to generate a lot of wind noise. handy placement though. Nice fab work too.


I'd rather have them in some sort of bag / pouch, both for wind and their obnoxious coloration.

 

[BurbanAZ]

Actually there wasn't any noticeable difference in wind noise for us even though I expected there to be, but I have that pelican case up there all the time too so maybe I'm just used to it. We went out for 3 days and it didn't move or vibrate or do anything at highway speed or off-road so I couldn't be happier with it.