Strut Uses - Not Directly Related to Tractor

[chim]

The goal here is to see what other uses we've come up with and not mess up Trimley's thread.

I'm sure we've found applications that could be of interest to others. Many times just seeing something what another poster has done is helpful when approaching a similar (or even unrelated) task. Here's something to get it started.

Back in 1990 I was assigned a Bronco II to replace a long-in-tooth pickup. Still wanted to haul occasionally. Cheapest solution was to build a small trailer with a capacity similar to a small pickup. This year I re-decked it and made new fenders (a friend wrecked one fender when he borrowed it) and replaced the wiring and lighting with LED's. The deck is larger than 4'x8' and it's titled at 3K#. The two longitudinal pieces of strut are wider than 4' in between and they're welded to the cross pieces of steel under the bed. The strut is flush with the deck boards.

Tiedowns were made from strut nuts and eye bolts. The nuts are welded on the eye bolts with a big washer and a wingnut. The nut is oriented the same as the eye, so you know which way it's pointed. The end of the eye bolt extends through the slot-shaped holes in the strut to help prevent the eye bolt from moving. Additionally, when the nut is in the lock position, the wingnut tightens the washer to the strut so it doesn't move.

 

[Trimley]

Not mess up my thread? You're kidding, right? It went off topic on the 2nd or 3rd post.

People have an issue of not staying focused "On The Topic"

Once it starts, it snowballs, like 99.9% of the other threads.

 

[leveraddict]

Not mess up my thread? You're kidding, right? It went off topic on the 2nd or 3rd post.

People have an issue of not staying focused "On The Topic"

Once it starts, it snowballs, like 99.9% of the other threads.

Issues! I think we all have some!

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Not mess up my thread? You're kidding, right? It went off topic on the 2nd or 3rd post.

People have an issue of not staying focused "On The Topic"

Once it starts, it snowballs, like 99.9% of the other threads.

Guilty as charged; however, in my defense, the question mark at the end of the title kind of made me think that all ideas were OK.

And I did lift my bucket into the bed of my truck once when I had already chained the General Lee down and forgot to load it...so there's that too....

 

[BXHoosier]

Allow me to get this thread back on track for at least 1 post.

I used a couple pieces of strut to mount the solar panels for my barn. They are attached to saddle pieces made from square tubing that are clamped to the 2” pipe frame with U-bolts. Loosening 4 nuts allows the angle of the panels to be adjusted in the spring and fall.