Thanks, You were on my "list".
How is the bottom of your box patch done? Is it welded to the outer edge of the bottom lip or is it "T"ed?
There are a couple of others on here that have notched their frames and as soon as I am done re-researching and find that darn picture I will probably hit them up with a post.
"Wade" and "The Weasel" both have mentioned having notched frames as well.
I am also looking on line at a popular way to patch Toyota frames. They weld a plate to the outside of the frame.
nice patch on the yoder frame, those guys were not jackin around...
my frame actually was broke almost to the bottom rail at one point, back then we cared enough to weld and grind and polish so it was invisible....there are heavy bars that were battery welded on the inside of the rails right in the middle to get it out of the woods and to the shop to fix it proper. the bars were never removed....the result was from serious air time with limited suspension.....if i had airbumps back then who knows if it would have ever broke
....@ 1996 when it was cracked to that point iirc. i slowed down air time with the v8 after that...i was used to jumping it with the 2.9, and the 2.9 was much more gentle all the way around for some reason
...the first year of v8 was really destructive. but the retarded aa headers dictated the frame mods.....dumb idea to cut frame for shitty flat gasket headers....never do that
what you see in that pic is a later needed repair in which the wrap was made and some drill stop-weld work done. the wrap goes to the roll on the inside of the rail.....
it took years of radical thrashing to get back to that point, with full throttle 300 hp v8 assults on climbs and way way too many transmission/transfercase axle explosions..... that repair was made @ 2001 iirc. seems the bars made the difference but time proved i needed a bit more. and so it got a bit more.
i am closing down some serious miles since i put the v8 diesel in there, and i have not been overly gentle with that either. i removed the oem k member and installed a custom unit. so far its doing great, and i am surprised because i never tied it up for the steering box.
these fawkers are tough. theres over a million miles on those rails....errr...or rather whats left of them