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Thanks Ron! Right now there are 12" x 6" diamond shaped fish plates on the inside of the beams. I don't plan on putting a lot of stress on these. The payload on this section of the frame will be minimal, and I won't be doing any towing. Should cracks start to develop I will add long...

The ideal way to do this would be to cut the frame between the front and intermediate axles, but this would have been ALOT more work. New driveshafts would have to be made, new air lines, electrical, etc. I just didn't have the time or resources for that right now. My off road plans are...

Yeah, I know I could have done a better job on this, but time and money for this project were limited and these welds won't be under any significant load. If you're going for cheap and easy, the way I did it should work as long as you don't put too much stress on the joint.

As suggested, I'll do a post on extending the frame of your FMTV. Disclaimer: I'm not an expert in metal fabrication and there is no way what I've done is as strong as the frame originally was, but its good enough for my purposes. Let's start with some back story... I originally purchased my...