Drilling into the A frame
Hello and thanks all in advance. I am mounting a pair of 6V batteries to the top of the trailer tongue and was wondering if I could drill two 1/4 screws? The batteries wont fit on the intended spo...
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aguablanco wrote:
Just a quick question. Don't the manufacturers weld the battery angles and propane mounts to the a frame? If it was such a bad idea I don't think it would be a standard practice for as long as it has been done. Just wondering.
RichH
That's the first thing that came to my mind. TTs typically come with angle iron welded to the underside of the A-frame and they use thin angle iron, not the usual 1/8" stuff sold everywhere. If welding to the side of an A-frame, you are only supposed to make vertical welds. Not sure why. If installing angle iron to the top of an A-frame, the connection is not weight-bearing and nowhere near as critical compared to welding it to the underside.
Propane tank trays are thin sheet metal and are screwed in place (#8?). If you consider all the large dia. holes that get drilled into the side of A-frames for Reese dual cam brackets, friction sway bars, ground lugs and sometimes snap-up brackets, a couple of little 1/4" screw holes are nothing. Using self-tapping screws for the new angle iron is probably a better choice so you can remove or relocate it in the future if needed.
