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Posted by on May 27, 2007, 8:41 am
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> >> 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!)
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> >> Premade D-rings? All the trailers and dump bodies I saw on the jobsites
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> >> 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
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> >> and spray painted.
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> >> 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
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> >> regional chains keep a pretty good stock of basic ironmongery like that.
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> > 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?
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> A piece of pipe, and something heavy with a hole in it, like a dumpster or
> anvil, or lowboy trailer. Stick one end in hole. Slip pipe over the other
> end. Manuver till the point you want to bend is between pipe and hole, and
> pull. No, it ain't easy, and takes a little practice. Or just look in the
> aisle where they sell the rebar- along with the straight sticks, they often
> sell preformed shapes like that. 'U' shapes are pretty common in concrete
> pouring, where you will be tying another pour to the first one.
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How about eye bolts? Either bolt them on, without welding, or cut
them and weld them on.
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