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StephenH ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6297 |
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+1 to the aluminum brace. It really looks good and definitely does not add as much weight as the steel brace I had made.
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StephenH
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GlueGuy ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2631 |
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That looks like massive overkill to me. If the floor is strong enough for most people, and only flexing for people on the upper end of the weight spectrum, I feel that a single cross support would be strong enough without the plate or the gussets.
JMO.
What we did was put in a hide-a-spare in about that position. Adds virtually no weight to the trailer, and supports about the same amount of area.
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rawest50 ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
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You do realize more than one person can occupy that area at a time?
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GlueGuy ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2631 |
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Your point being? We have both stood in that area without any floor sag. Ergo, the floor is fairly sturdy to begin with. Adding the hide-a-spare supports the entire area.
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_WW_ ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 25 Dec 2021 Location: Mt Vernon, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 16 |
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Did you have to modify the hide-a-spare because the beams are less than 68" apart?
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StephenH ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6297 |
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I can answer that one. Yes. The tubes need to be shortened and new holes for the locking buttons drilled. It was not too difficult.
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StephenH
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_WW_ ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 25 Dec 2021 Location: Mt Vernon, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 16 |
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Thanks for the answer! :)
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