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Ribs for Troop Seat Cover M998

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By trial and error I made some ribs for a cover mounting to the troop seat brackets. I believe these fit the trailer too. You will need extensions to get to full trailer cover height.

Start with a 10' x 3/4" EMT conduit (yes this is not as heavy duty as the proper conduit/tubing)

Make a mark at 15 3/8 " and using a standard manual bender (6 or 6.5 or whatever the standard radius benders are) make a 90 degree bend.

Then mark 78" from the outside of the short bent piece (put the bent piece on the floor with the long end pointing up and mark 78" up from the floor)

Then put the bender in place at the mark and bend the LONG end of the tubing up into the air to 90 deg.

No, it does not have the peak in the middle and it is not as strong as the heavier tubing or as tall as a standard rib but it is cheap and easy and you can throw a tarp or whatever over it for protection from the sun/weather/whatever. Compression fittings and some straight EMT pieces can extend the height. As is it is a few inches taller than the soft top on the M998.

Enjoy
 
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