On May 27, 5:02 pm, "aemeijers" wrote:
"Jim Yanik" wrote in message

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dean wrote in
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On May 27, 12:07 am, "aemeijers" wrote:
"dean" wrote in message

egroups.com...Ihave
a 16x6.5 trailer with 6" tall steel side walls. I regularly
carry a load of wood rounds, and I want to easily tie a canvas
down. I figure I need 8 rope tie-down points, and would rather not
pay up the $8 each for cheap weld-on D-rings. What else would be
simple to make or cheap to by? I'm ok at welding (at least in a
straight line!)

Premade D-rings? All the trailers and dump bodies I saw on the
jobsites as a kid had those made up out of rebar sections that looked
like they were formed using various nooks and channels on the
trailer, and tacked in place and spray painted.

But seriously- keep in mind that they have to look 'real' to any cop
that stops you, lest you get a loose load or defective equipment
cite. Rather than the trailer place, I'd look at the local farm
supply store- most of the regional chains keep a pretty good stock of
basic ironmongery like that.

aem sends...

Not sure how I would go about bending rebar into a U, that stuff is
pretty tough to work with. Heat it up and hammer over an anvil?

Buy U-bolts,weld them on.

Yeah, now that I think about it, that is more reasonable. The rebar tie-down
loops I rememeber from my youth were used for big-ass chains and load
boomers, not ropes or racheting webbing tie-downs. A utility trailer full of
loose lumber ain't a low-boy used for hauling Cats, backhoes, and telephones
poles, after all.

aem sends....

Rebar isn't stiff enough really, anyway, for that purpose -- and OP
said he wanted canvas tie-downs, not load tie-downs, anyway...