Who likes pancakes?
Two inches removed from the crossmember.
This took all day. Not my best welding, but I also welded it as far as I could reach on the back side as well. There is so much surface area of weld, and each half is bolted in its own way to the frame, there should not be a problem.
Tomorrow, I will be going through ALL of my grinding discs and flapper wheels making it pretty.