Greg 's truck pit

[Ernie Ekberg]

Greg- thats a work of art Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/erni...gandrepair --- On Wed, 10/21/09, gregory O wrote: From: gregory O Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Greg 's truck pit To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 11:00 AM Tim and I had some time this weekend and worked on the shoe. We tried to attach wire mesh or screen to the metal frame for a foundation to hold spray insulation foam. the mesh idea was hard to deal with so we decided to add some 3/16 steel rod between the 3/8 inch rod for a better foundation for mesh wire. the result turned out to be more artistic than intended and we decided to scrap the foam process for the first parade and enter the shoe as a steel-etto. adding more 3/8 rod below is the frame with 3/16 rod added to the steel-etto the frame looked good as a steel structure but now we need to remove and rebend some structural 3/8 steel that is not up to par.Notice the strap steel that wrapped the outer heel was removed and I need to make the center 1x1 square tube pieces into a truss to hold the 3/5 of the shoe weight and strong enough to be a leaver for some fold up engineering I am thinking of doing with the 1x1 center square tube re welded up as a truss It now will hold me (175lbs LOL ) and some of the cage weight I needed to use a plasma cutter to remove the center heel supports and a torch to heat the cold rolled steel to add strength to the critical welds on the high carbon rod. >