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Old 09-03-2012, 07:29 AM   #1
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Dropmembers ?

Ok I know about the PB and the scotts drop members but surely there are more companies making them who all makes these for our trucks? I just wanna check around and see what's there to work with and explore the possibility of something else
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Old 09-03-2012, 07:46 AM   #2
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Re: Dropmembers ?

[QUOTE=Solo2002;5571858]Ok I know about the PB and the scotts drop members but surely there are more companies making them who all makes these for our trucks? I just wanna check around and see what's there to work with and explore the possibility of something else
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Old 09-03-2012, 09:54 AM   #3
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Re: Dropmembers ?

pb invented, and designed the dropmember, If I ever have the funds for something like that ,my $$$$ will go to him, I know free enterprise ,and capitalism and all that, but it is sad to see someone buy his design , re-engineer it, and then sell it cheaper than he does to under cut his business.

for other options, check out dinos suburban(? I think) build for some shots of a pancaked X member, I think there is also a company that sells a kit for notching and pancaking the x member., since I don't have a lot of money to play with, this is an option i was thinking about.
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Old 09-03-2012, 12:39 PM   #4
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Re: Dropmembers ?

Great respect for Porterbuilt and Scott's- they offer awesome products.

I elected to design and build my own dropmember. mainly for the satisfaction of being a true home built project. First to admit, mine is not a showpiece like the others, but it works, is strong and achieved what I was after.

If this was a customers' project, I would highly recommend buying one of the other's- mine would not be cost-effective to hand build on an as-needed basis. I have no idea how many actual man hours I have invested in this, again it was an exercise in testing my abilities.

I also have no grand illusions of trying to produce a product to compete with anyone.
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Old 09-03-2012, 03:14 PM   #5
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thanks for the help guys i was just wondering what all the possibilities for whats out there
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