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miller wrote:Oh I see, so that ring pulls out and twists to lock into the grooves. Looks sturdy. If your tailgate was to get dinged when carrying a load will the eyelets have enough "give" to still line up?
I figure I have the capacity to fix it if something gets skewed. With the slots going horizontal as pictured above, they don't really add any lateral support for the outside walls. If I run my slot vertically, the eyebolts will keep things pulled together until it's opened up. I went a little heavy on the welding of the upright supports hoping they will hold up. I've seen other trailers with various types of support added but I didn't really like most of them. I guess we'll see but this is only Rev. A!!
I managed to get the latch assembly milled out today and I'm headed home to see what I can get done. Last night I ended up having company so not as much done as I'd like.
