Ok I have been thinking about what yall have said and I will either be going with a stronger thread or going non adjustable. You all are totally right, I would rather do overkill than end up getting someone killed. On that leaf hanger I was tired for the night and globbed a tack weld on just to see how it would look. I took it off and re did it. I am using a stick welder and I'm basically just tack welding everything in place til I get it put together to roll it onto a trailer so I can take it to a place in the city where I have access to a better welder. And I have been studying pretty much every aspect of this kind of build for about a year now.
I truly respect you all and your advice and criticism. I know I need you guys to help me along the way. Thank y'all.
And I decided that I needed more space so I can get my bars parallel (when I get to building them) so I redesigned my bridge/crossmember thingy again hopefully for the last time.
And I was at the norman swap meet on Friday and picked me up a pair of fenders for inside my bed!
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Max
Max's bagged 81
81 rcsb bagged, 22s, build in progress
09 ext cab, 24" U2's, DD sub/amp