downsizingnow48
Elite Member
I got started making side extensions for a new dump trailer today. Discovered that the sides are bent in about 3/4". That made the stakes slant inward about 6" at the top. Looked pretty bad.
There is a lot of welding on the inside sheet metal right at the middle stake pocket, maybe it warped.
I'll have to go back to the lot and see if they are all that way.
Anyway I was thinking, sure wish I had a big hydraulic gizmo to push the two sides out away from each other. Then I thought, I do have a big hydraulic gizmo.
The pictures show before during and after. The side is now straight and the stake also goes straight up. Didn't even scratch the paint.
There is a lot of welding on the inside sheet metal right at the middle stake pocket, maybe it warped.
I'll have to go back to the lot and see if they are all that way.
Anyway I was thinking, sure wish I had a big hydraulic gizmo to push the two sides out away from each other. Then I thought, I do have a big hydraulic gizmo.
The pictures show before during and after. The side is now straight and the stake also goes straight up. Didn't even scratch the paint.