x2 on what DG said

just about every hardware store carries 1x1/8th in ~ 48ish " strips

clamp it up, drill holes through it and the pinch in locations between the actual spot welds, ~ 5 bolts or so, then weld it to the rails, itll create a weight distribution across the length of the pinch , then your remaining concern would be the rail themselves collapsing on a hard drop

just putting a jack under it and jacking up the vehicle.. well it's a start

i dropped mine 3 or 4 feet onto a hydrollic jack pad - and by drop i mean unloaded the hydrolic ram with a safety pin in and then snatched the pin out with a snatch block and a tractor and let it fall lol..

figured if the rails failed it was in a good location for major repairs

but anyway... looks like ya got a good start if anything else!

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