Ladder bars?

[bigman78]

I am looking to get some pictures of ladder bars because I want to make them. Any pics would be great thanks.

[FORDification]

Here's a set from L&L Products and the mounting brackets:



Some other links to check out:

http://www.rockymountainsusp.com/tractionbars.htm
http://www.suspensionconnection.com/cgi ... 20890.html
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s ... eering_247

[mcarlson11]

what exactly do those do?

[ezernut9mm]

put horsepower to the ground.

[460 crew]

They prevent the rear springs from wrapping up with the torque from the axle under acceleration. Making sure you have no hopping and keeping the wheels on the ground to keep traction. Much better take offs. I kinda like this style...




I also like the ones from RCD on this page. http://www.rockymountainsusp.com/tractionbars.htm

[460 crew]

Also a nice setup from SKY http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/ford1.htm

And there is some others on James duff bronco's and Jeffs bronco graveyard. Superlift makes some that are on top of the leaf pack to keep clearance.

[MadMaxetc]

You can acomplish the ame thing with a little less weight if you do something like this...


Those ar from the F-100XL. It was done in the 60's and it ran 12's with ease! You have to have a good lauch to do that!

I plan on a variation or these on my '63.

You want to make sure that what you do does not force bad pinion angles durring suspention travil and articulation.

[mcarlson11]

anybody sell those ladder bars for say a 1965 F250 with a dana 60 rear??

I need them bad if they do what you say. I have the worst wheel hop ever. I can hop the thing like 1 1/2 feet.

[bigman78]

thanks, some good pictures so far.

[Big D's 69]

My buddy has ladder bars on his 460 powered Bronco with 35's. We have drag raced, mud bogged, and cleaned out some ditches and the rearend has never gave us a minutes trouble since we installed them. Now before we did we twisted a couple of rears out of it.

[MadMaxetc]

Hey just looked at this on the Slick60s site. Thought it might be relavent.

http://www.fordtruk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1314

[cathynkeith]

Here's a set from L&L Products and the mounting brackets:



Some other links to check out:

http://www.rockymountainsusp.com/tractionbars.htm
http://www.suspensionconnection.com/cgi ... 20890.html
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s ... eering_247

any reason these would not work on 2wd?

[MadMaxetc]

Not that I can think of.

I want mine to be a little more discreet.

[cathynkeith]

I started discreet, just a minor rebuilt, add some power options.........now 550hp, pearl paint, those powdercoated red may be just what I need.

[Randy Beck]

Don't know how true it is but I heard that if you use ladder bars on a leaf spring rear suspention, you need to install a rear axle floater kit. I saw some for sale in the Summit catalog item #CEE-2030