03-11-2005, 12:58 PM
Mike Wrote:heh, i'll have to see it to believe it. the diagonal just doesn't look as sturdy as one welded straight to the hoop... the little buckle thing looks like an obvious point of failure/weakness...
Those pin joints are nearly as strong as a welded joint - if a grade-8 bolt like that mounted in double shear fails then you have much, much bigger problems to worry about. Actually you wont be worrying, because your lid will be crushed.