Re: Stake Pocket's


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Posted by Will (in IL) [98.215.26.138] on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 21:12:56 :

In Reply to: Stake Pocket's posted by Will (in IL) [98.215.26.138] on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 14:49:32 :

The idea was to cut a piece of the tubing down and weld it back to a decent fit around the wood, then cut a hole in the top and bottom of the side tube around the bed and weld it in. Dimensionally it should work, the ID of the bed tube is 1.76 (2-0.120-.0120), the outside of the stake pocket would be 1.74 (1.5+.012+.012), however I might have added a little too much free space around the 2x4 as it was larger than 1.75 when I had it welded up, and no way it was going to fit.

So back to the drawing board. I tried another idea to sink the pocket totally inside the side tube, but no luck.

Now the idea is to use a piece of 2" x 4" x 3/16", giving an inside pocket dimension of 1.625" x 3.6375", hopefully not too much slop around the 2x4. Take a 4" length of this new tube and cut a slot through the outside of the bed frame tube, and insert the piece. This will stick out 1/4" pact the bed, but at least a relatively easy cut and weld. Now the pocket tube you see isn’t the 3/16” thick material as I don’t have any on hand, it’s a 120 wall piece. The needed steel is on order and I'll work on some of the wood for the floor while I wait again.

Thoughts?
Will



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