Mud racing/ ladder bar setup

79 150 swb 9" want to build a ladder bar setup. Anyone have pics. of yours you could post to give me some ideas on how I need to do this.

Thanks Nick, all the pics. I can look at will give me a few different ideas!! Kris and I have shared a few pics. also. Thanks again guys!!! Ralph

I kept ripping mounts like that directly off my frame. I even bent my frame on the passenger side as a result. And ummm Nick? Is that muffler clamps around the axle?

Id suggest a plate to tie a mount like that into the vertical portion of the frame in addition to the lip or a crossmember.

IcallhimGeorge wrote:I kept ripping mounts like that directly off my frame. I even bent my frame on the passenger side as a result.
Snippo...
Id suggest a plate to tie a mount like that into the vertical portion of the frame in addition to the lip or a crossmember.

That setup looks kinda scary, big old lift block with what looks like 1/2" u-bolts, wouldn't be my choice of a safe suspension.
Part of the problem of ladder bars in combination with leaf springs is the front 1/2 of the spring is in a bind. So all the shock
loads are on the rear 1/2, the right way to do it is to have a shackle on the front with either a Panhard bar or Watts link to
locate the rear end...

As Kris said, the frame should be boxed at the pick-up point for front of the ladder bar...

canzus wrote:big old lift block with what looks like 1/2" u-bolts

it looks like 2 blocks stacked......

canzus wrote:

IcallhimGeorge wrote:I kept ripping mounts like that directly off my frame. I even bent my frame on the passenger side as a result.
Snippo...
Id suggest a plate to tie a mount like that into the vertical portion of the frame in addition to the lip or a crossmember.

That setup looks kinda scary, big old lift block with what looks like 1/2" u-bolts, wouldn't be my choice of a safe suspension.
Part of the problem of ladder bars in combination with leaf springs is the front 1/2 of the spring is in a bind. So all the shock
loads are on the rear 1/2, the right way to do it is to have a shackle on the front with either a Panhard bar or Watts link to
locate the rear end...

As Kris said, the frame should be boxed at the pick-up point for front of the ladder bar...

A panhard bar mounts where?

usually from the driver side of the axle to the passenger side frame. Opposite of the track bar in the front.

i figured those pics would make a great conversation piece .......... everything about those ladder bars look half azz .......

bruno wrote:i figured those pics would make a great conversation piece .......... everything about those ladder bars look half azz .......

Looked like shit to me, but I never look a gift horse in the mouth, thanks for the time and effort anyway.