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Utility trailer sides
I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal
brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas? Thanks |
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For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made:
www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504 Michael Shaffer wrote: I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas? Thanks |
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"RoyJ" wrote in message
ink.net... | For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made: | www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504 | | Michael Shaffer wrote: | | I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal | brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I | don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole | sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas? | | Thanks Saw some at Home Depot this evening. In with the big hinges and such hardware for big doors. Go figure. Probably didn't know where else to put them. |
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"RoyJ" wrote in message ink.net... For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made: www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504 It's www.northerntool.com you misspelled it above. And here's a direct link to the item : http://tinyurl.com/9k9t9 -- SVL |
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RoyJ wrote:
For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made: www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504 Michael Shaffer wrote: I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas? Thanks I can't do that because the Home Depot ones are too short. I'm using it to haul bamboo which is like 20' long.. |
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Any reasonable steel supply place should have 1/8"x3" bar stock in 10'
lengths. But if one is too short, how about using 2, one above the other. Or cut them in half the long way. still beats cutting, bending, and welding bar stock Michael Shaffer wrote: RoyJ wrote: For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made: www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504 Michael Shaffer wrote: I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas? Thanks I can't do that because the Home Depot ones are too short. I'm using it to haul bamboo which is like 20' long.. |
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Rectangular tubing (4 sides) or channel (3 sides) can be cut to any length,
then welded onto the trailer frame. You may need to resize your upright lumber slightly (sander/grinder), but it's still much less effort than trying to bend heavy gage steel into uniformly-sized brackets. WB ................ "Michael Shaffer" wrote in message news:Uj0ze.68609$oK.7977@okepread02... I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas? Thanks ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 06:45:36 -0400, Michael Shaffer
wrote: RoyJ wrote: For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made: www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504 Michael Shaffer wrote: I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas? Thanks I can't do that because the Home Depot ones are too short. I'm using it to haul bamboo which is like 20' long.. I think you would be better served in purchasing some 2x4 rectangular tubing and simply cutting off proper lenghts. Gunner "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown |
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