Yea... if my welds looked like that I would have a new career....
Oh wait, I don't want a new career, I like being paid to not work.... maybe I should have spent my life on welfare
... not!
Thanks guys, I will probably use that method and put the removed ear on the inside... in my brain it makes that side the weakest, so there will be more than 5 inches of weld and the integral ear holding the tube from outside force..... if the driver exerts enough force to ..... well we won't even talk about that...
I have a lot of re-assembly to do to ensure all this works as advertised... Oh I almost forgot... need to make the structure that goes between the hoops.... then it is on to welding.....
sure seems to be the never ending.... lots to think about to think ahead, not to worry, I am coping