>>1283870Well if we were to use that as a reference point for what a body would do to reinforce the standard ALICE frame:
First thing to reinforce would be all the joints where the cross-beams are riveted to the frame. You could probably also add some reinforcement ribbing to the cross supports themselves, but they seem less likely to break in the middle than at the joints. I'd imagine you could easily reinforce that horizontal support beam, though the bend that that vertical beam creates might be difficulty to replicate unless you reinforce in two parts--a longer bit before the bend and a short bit after the bend.
You could also reinforce the bottom "shelf" portion--again, welding together the rivited joints and maybe adding some extra trussing to that back portion that juts from the shelf like a "V" that holds the kidney pad away from the back.
Does anyone know if the stock frame is made of all aluminum, an aluminum alloy, or aluminum with some steel support and smaller bits? To do the ribbing reinforcement and trussing you could probably use steel, but that would increase the frame's base weight.