Muddy Beast
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- WA
I'm welding mine up and getting closer to finishing, but I'm wondering if everyone with these frame stiffeners filled all of the plugs and stitch welded the complete perimeter?
I was thinking 6 2" stitch welds along the top, weld the front, and 3-4 2" stitch welds along the bottom, and then fill all of the top holes with bead and maybe half of the lower ones...does this seem like a good idea?
I don't want to not "finish" the stiffener install, but I keep reading the holes seem excessive, and I figured leaving half of the bottom ones open would allow for draining. And I'm also a little worried of what I've heard about too many welds causing cracking and such. For example, is it OK to completely weld the front part of the stiffeners?
~Scott
I was thinking 6 2" stitch welds along the top, weld the front, and 3-4 2" stitch welds along the bottom, and then fill all of the top holes with bead and maybe half of the lower ones...does this seem like a good idea?
I don't want to not "finish" the stiffener install, but I keep reading the holes seem excessive, and I figured leaving half of the bottom ones open would allow for draining. And I'm also a little worried of what I've heard about too many welds causing cracking and such. For example, is it OK to completely weld the front part of the stiffeners?
~Scott
