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   Jim Wilkins to All   
   Re: Outdoor Welding   
   15 Jun 25 19:13:32   
   
   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:102nele$14o2m$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   There is also the matter of connecting them if I weld them in place.   
   I'd probably have to make a 3 piece connecting tube/rod or put it on   
   before I weld them in place.  I'm thinking 3 pc connecting rod so I can   
   add a sprocket later.   
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   Two separate unsprung wheeled jacks will only rarely share the tongue   
   weight.   
      
   I increased the ground footprint of the retractable mast end wheeled jack on   
   my shop crane by adding an outer pair of wheels on a longer axle. They no   
   longer caster well so I made a steering handle that attaches to the axle and   
   forces the wheels into line with my pull.   
      
   The first version had a hitch coupler on the end of the handle as a tow bar.   
   That worked well going forward unloaded but transferred all the pull to the   
   jack and its mount, and I couldn't back up, so the second version has a   
   separate rigidly attached coupler and a tee handle to pull on the caster   
   axle by hand but not with the tractor.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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