When I had a PROWLER 2 axle trailer I FISH PLATED all 8 spring hangers with 3/16" plate and then hot riveted (three people needed) the six-inch-long plates to the Prowler frame. I was a waste of time as welding would have done the same thing. My 100-gallon fuel tank brackets were welded to my Crown's frame as well as the 83 gallon Manchester motor fuel LPG tank. Then driven across 60,000 miles of Mexico's worst. Same for the four L-16 batteries. Only the Ride Rite air bag hangers were riveted. Flat towing the 1-ton stake bed truck GVW total was near 15-tons.
