The post whore thread.

[Irving]

We assume you'll put up pictures when you're ready.

[Great-Kazoo]

My XLR parts shipped & actually left the building.

Like Elvis only different?

Yay

How long till the parts show up?

[ChickNorris]

Thursday.

[SideShow Bob]

Yeah, I think so. What's the size?

Approximately 22?X22?, frame this with some 1?X6? ?s, cover the side that is on the inside with 1/2? square wire to keep little fingers out, and you have a good CFM vent fan.

[Irving]

I'll pass for now as I'm trying to reduce things at my house currently. Plus I do the same thing with a box fan. Thank you for the offer.

[Irving]

In other news. A situation has developed that I do not personally consider to be favorable.

[FoxtArt]

Without context, looks like sheared bolts and a bent axle? Where's the bum that you plowed over? E.g. back story needed

Non-relevant "no duh" PSA: Don't use paint cans for jack stands for your trailer btw. My sister almost lost a finger doing that.... fine for a long time, then all spontaneously collapsed. I know, random, just seeing your "jacked up" trailer reminded me of it.

[Irving]

The axle isn't bent, the front most support that holds the back of the tongue is sagged in the middle. I do wonder about the bolts now tough. I scrolled back through pictures and it looks like it was bent like that yesterday before I towed a riding mower for over 100 miles, but not after towing the same mower + both dirt bikes over a different 100 miles a few months ago.

[FoxtArt]

Ah yeah hard to tell without context. I see the rear bolt in place now. Initially looked like it was gone and held off angle only by the bolt near the tongue. Bolts should be fine if they are grade...sheer strength of say, 1/2" bolts is incredibly, incredibly high, in the order of a couple tons per bolt or more. Granted, I have no clue what size those are, but unless you hit something, I don't see that happening. Now, their tear out strength is much ,much less - like say, 200-300lbs to pull it out of the hole (just for reference) - note that I haven't refreshed my memory so both #'s are going to be up to 50% off.

Vibration loss on most bolts is the real concern.

Quick ETA: point being whatever the bolt is in usually fails first if you're at risk of sheer - e.g. wood splits or sheet metal opens up.

2nd ETA: And that's a large part in engineering with larger bolts - it's so their is substantially more surface area where they are attached to distribute the load - e.g. if you are sistering boards, the risk usually isn't the bolts sheering under any load; they start to fail when the wood compresses around them due to the load - bigger = substantially more strength in the socket.

[Great-Kazoo]

In other news. A situation has developed that I do not personally consider to be favorable.

Pull them bolts. keeping the front ones slightly snug. Run a line from centers of both spindles to center of coupler. If it's not too off remove that paint and weld it up.