Splitter Material..

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John Brown
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Splitter Material..

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Does anyone have a good lead on a good composite for a Splitter? Local is a must.. shipping is not good for this size material.
It has to be 1/4 to 3/8 thick as it doubles as a load bearing support for the complete front clip.
Carbon Fiber could work but the raw measurements need to be 48" x 86".. and I have found CF isn't too $$$ as I originally thought.
Also, just plain sheet plastic will suffice. as long as its 1/4 thick.
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I used to buy all sorts of stuff from Piedmont Plastics in Knoxville. I haven't needed anything in a long time but I'm pretty sure they're still around. They were easy to deal with in the past.
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I think thats the one that I could not remember!
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I've gotten stuff from Piedmont too. Advanced Plastics on Sherlake might have something also.

If you want it bullet proof, see if you can find a panel of Dyneema. Rally folks were looking at making skid and bash plates out of that stuff.
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thats funny.. cause it doubles as a skid plate under the front cross member. Where is that stuff at Ted? And is that the real name of it?
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I've used Alumalite for years. 4x8 sheet from Advanced Plastics was about 130 last time I bought some.
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That is the name of the stuff but I'm not seeing sheets of it listed now. They might have pulled it off market In a form you can use because it could be made into bullet proof armor. Sorry, back to your regular ole carbon, aluminum and UHDPE
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Get Alumilite from Total Plastics in Alcoa behind West Chevrolet. Pretty easy folks to get along with. That's where Jim and I got ours from a couple years ago. I don't remember the price.
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Im worried about aluminite or any other corrugated material due to having bolt thru attachments.. Its gonna crush. NOt to mention the skid plate qualities may be less than a solid material
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John Brown wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:55 pm Im worried about aluminite or any other corrugated material due to having bolt thru attachments.. Its gonna crush. NOt to mention the skid plate qualities may be less than a solid material
I'm sure the skidplate qualities would be unacceptable. However, I've riveted the splitter support brackets to the alumilite and bolted the struts to it with no problems
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