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Originally Posted by byamcaravanner
Confirmation that you have reached information overload... check out these posts in this thread about two weeks ago.
The clips that Vhord suggests would work fine and would be cheaper that cutting holes in the tubes. At the outriggers the elevator bolts will still work because the end of the tube is open.
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Steve, I admit to reaching critical mass on all the information that's been pouring in! And this project has been moving really fast! I hope it keeps pouring in and moving fast too!
I definitely didn't think far enough ahead about the implications of using the tube especially concerning the
cross-members. At the time, for some reason, I was thinking more about using elevator bolts through the
outriggers rather than the elevator bolts through the cross-members.
That's one of the reasons we decided to use channel for outriggers.
Concerning the cross-members: during the shell-removal, I found two bolts with nuts and a large square steel washer in the rear most floor channel above the rear-most cross-member. I also found a similiar set-up in the foremost cross-member.
The outriggers, however, employ was I think is being referred to as "elevator bolts." These type bolts actually have a flat round head on the bottom-side of the bolt. No fitting on that end for wrenchs or drivers! These type bolts are difficult to remove, except with a dremmel, if the nut is rusted because there is nothing to secure the flat round head.
In my situation the forward most cross-member is actually a piece of flat bar welded to the A-frame. So I won't have a problem using a bolt, nut, and large square steel washer in that area.
However, the rear-most cross-member using 5 inch tube has already been welded into place. I'm not sure about Vernon's suggestion to weld in clips? Where exactly would such a clip be welded to secure the floor channel?