Jim, I certainly appreciate your knowledge and your sharing it with this forum as well as being a must read contributor on most topics. You mention welding - I have always had an issue with welding when used in a no fail-safe application like we are discussing here. I think most welding is done by folks with less then the required skills to be acceptable structural welding. I've just seen far too many farmers doing the "puddle weld" where something is just piled over a break or crack and is probably somewhat better then bubble gum in most cases. Without adequate test samples you can never be certain of the weld quality and actual strength when in use. My background in my working years was commercial aircraft as an engineer with Boeing and we rarely ever used welding in an application where structural integrity was involved without numerous test specimans being analyzed in a lab and actual weld x-rays being likewise reviewed. I know these tractors are ground based vehicles but something breaking loose on a trailer can certainly become a catastrophe event. I would certainly feel safer using hardware with known strengths like graded bolts and the correct schedule chain for attactment to the tractor and trailer. This response is no way intened to create controversey and being negative to welding on farm tractors but movement of heavy items and unknown possible events need to be considered when hauling these things on public roads. I am totally with you about not having those bolts extended away (as noted in one response) from the frame rails to prevent the paint from being scratched and is certainly not a valid reason for the additional stress applied to the bolts due to the lengthen moment at which the force is applied when chained down. Actual welding quality to the folks on this forum is something different to everyone and from my experience is certainly not an exact science, Hal.
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