JD squared tube bender, swag HF air over hydraulic ram

[47v6]

A Jeeper buddy near me bought a JD2 bender about 12 or so years back. He bent a couple cages and a couple rock sliders, all in manual mode. 2” 0.120 DOM was tough to bend. We’d each take turns pulling on the bar. In the end, every usable bar bent had 3 or 4 rejects. Those were some expensive learning mistakes. I still have a 20+’ stick of 2” DOM in the garage for the Defender cage, but my buddy sold off the bender because he wasted so much tubing. I bought the 2”die, so at least have that for when I buy one of these.

I think I made the right decision buying the hydraulic ram and associated parts.

 

[Jeepenstein]

I think I made the right decision buying the hydraulic ram and associated parts.

Yeah you did.. I had no problem bending 2" .120 wall, but I can't say it was easy. I made a handle that was 5 feet long.

 

[47v6]

Need to clean them up, drill holes for mounting and then paint.. that might be a bit so that I can paint other stuff at the same time.
Neither of them are perfect. Good enough.

 

[nickmil]

Yeah you did.. I had no problem bending 2" .120 wall, but I can't say it was easy. I made a handle that was 5 feet long.

Yup. I have a Pro Tools bender ( JD2 and ProTools are twins, dies interchange or did) and I’ve bent a lot of tube manually including a 12 point cage. I’ve since purchased the SWAG hydraulic mount and HF air over hydraulic unit. Haven’t used it yet as I need to drill and put anchors in my
Floor to mount the bender base. Manual mode is a LOT of work.