Sheesh I'm embarrassed. I wanted to show how I mounted the body to the frame of the rotisserie
n all the google searching, no one had really good pics of a rotisserie mount for these things.
I found body carts, wooden frames, some random pics that showed paint jobs on top, some questionable mounting ways-
so here's how I did it.
I got some 2.5 box tubing, 20' sticks.
I cut them 14 feet long.
I'm using the most okayest chinesium made rotisserie, so it is what it is
The ends that mount to the rotisserie are square tube in 2" form. the end is cut at a 45 degree angle, and there is a 1/2" or so hole.
So, I took my rotabroach, and cut a 1/2" hole on one side of the tubing. on the other side, I cut a 3/4" hole. I slid a piece of 3/4" tubing inside and it butted up to the bottom of the mount/hole. I then put a chunk of allthread through it and now it's pinched the mount to the top of the square tubing, and secured it to the 2.5" tubing.
then, I welded a few nuts on 3 sides so I could "tune" the angle of the tubing mount inside my frame rails of 2.5" tubing. I initially drilled 2 holes per sides, but realized this is plenty strong as it is.
So, getting the square tubing square on the rotisserie was a little entertaining. The sliding mounts have some angle built into them im assuming to "lock" or wedge themselves onto the frame arms- so there was a little hammering/deadblow action to get them on/holes and tubing mounted/squared up and 26.5" wide which is the width of the mounts in the bed.
The "dumbass of the day" award for not wearing gloves and getting a big fat cherry in the pocket of my hand
Tadaa!
Finally got to clean the floor lol
So, the way i found my holes-
I squared the tubing under the back two body mount holes in the bed as best as possible, then squared under the core support area.
dropped all thread down the holes and used that to help a bit using 7/16" rod.
Think of really bad plumb bobs.
Cut 7" chunks and welded outriggers for the A pillars. next time do it 8"
Repeat the dropping all thread thru the hole and looking for its target.
Repeat for the core support, but I put them on top of the rails rather than flush to suck up some of the distance.
nut in the bed/rod thru the body/washer/nut/shaft--- nut/washer/tube/washer/nut.
make sense? lol
pics make it easier.