kick ass great work man ! how much were the materials and how many feet of square tubing did it take? if its not too much too ask
Bill of materials
182" 4 x 4 x 3/16 Wall Square Tubing (Base T's) Donated by a friend. (It came from a car wash we stripped a few years ago
60" 3 x 3 x 3/16 Wall Square Tubing (Primary Upright) $12.00 From a local scrap yard.
68" 2.5 x 2.5 x 3/16 Wall Square Tubing (Upright Insert) $0.44 Per inch. $29.20 new old stock
90" 2 x 2 x 1/8 Wall Tubing (Hanger T's) Donated by a friend.
48" 2.5 x 2.5 x 1/4 Wall Receiver Hitch Tubing (Interface T's) $0.84 Per Inch. $40.32 Total
24" 2.5 Round $10.00
16" 3" Round $13.00
Casters Free I have a few boxes of some old computer racks I stripped.
16" 2.5 x 2.5 x 3/16 Wall. Sleeve at end on 2.5 Round. $7.04
Bolts 5.61 per pound. I used about 2 lbs. Total 11.22
60" 2 x 2 x 1/8 and 30" 2.5 x 2.5 x 1/8 Cross bar on bottom. I used old stop sign posts. $20.00 from scrap yard.
Total Cost $142.78
Total Build Time with 2 People. 8 to 9 Hours ( I cut and Steve welded.)
The cost on all of the materials new would have been about $450.00
This turned out pretty good. On the 3" uprights I would use a Tighter fitting square tube. Something more like 3" OD Receiver hitch. That the 2.5 would fit a little tighter in or change it to 2.5 OD Receiver Hitch with 2" Inserts.
I will add a 3/4" Thread all to move the car up and down to get the center of gravity on it. I drilled hole every 2 inches on one of the Hanger t's. It was a waste of time to drill all of these holes. I am only using 1 of them. Instead I should have used a pinch bolt to get it where I wanted it and then drill 1 hole for a safety bolt. Then mark that Hole 1969 Mustang.
I had $150.00 to work with and did it with enough to buy a cheap pizza for us for lunch also.