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Old 03-21-2013, 01:28 PM   #293 (permalink)
TheEnemy
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The Truck - '99 Nissan Frontier xe
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
The glue is part of it - I used about 3.5 gallons, and the dry weight of that is probably about 4lbs/gal so say 15 pounds of glue? The glue and the foam together are maybe about 100 pounds? Total WAG, you understand. I'll attempt to weigh it without the plywood later this Spring.

I can hoist the back up with one hand, and the front can be lifted, as well. I made a litter frame out of 1x3 wood strapping, and two people can carry it with that.
Thats a pretty impressive weight, when I built the roll cage (Tight for 4 people and a small cargo area) for my Jeep I used 4 20' sticks with about 10' of scraps left over. At 2# per foot that comes out to about 140-150 lbs, and that doesn't include any body panels that I plan on adding to it.

If I was building your project out of tube, I would use 1" .095 wall, approx 200' of it at 1# per foot, so about twice as heavy without even body panels.
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