Thanks.
It's all sealed up now; rear axle, ladder bars, shocks, and rims/tires are all reinstalled. I now have 1.5" of room on each side of each tire with my 28 X 10.5 X 15 slicks. Once I get it on the road I'll start looking for some wider tires and possibly wider rims since my current street tires are 305 X 50 X 15.
Fortunately, all of those ugly looking welds will be covered up by carpet once I ever get to that point. I never claimed to be a good welder, I'm just hoping i burned in everything good enough to stay together.