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Originally Posted by Chris D.
I donno, your probably right, but this design was simple and cost effective..
I figured out my plan of attack and its only temporary anyways..
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An elliptical nose would be optimum, but what you have is just fine behind the truck.
Regarding bending the PVC pipe: Consider stuffing the pipe with dry sand,
then heat it and bend around a mandrel. The sand will keep it from collapsing or buckling during the bend. You don't need to stuff the whole pipe, just the section to be bent, +/- ~10" either side of the bend point. Use a cork or similar stopper in the pipe to keep the sand in proper place.
Another idea would be to use longerons made of spruce strips, ripped into thickness about like a yardstick. This like the inner railing of rowboats at the gunwales, with spacers between inner and outer strips. A couple of 2X4s ripped lengthwise on a table saw into ~1/4" thickness, would do the trick and be cheap and durable. You could use some of that 3M foam adhesive construction tape to hold the skin to the longerons.