Well Slick, your logic is ideal...A welded box should be water tight...but all it takes is a tiny pin hole and its overs...thats why my stock swinger rusted to pieces. This is the very reason I do not like powder coating. one little imperfection and water gets in.
I did consider that the angle iron gap will collect mud...but at least it will dry out and it will not sweat inside like a box will. Also, he angle iron is stronger that a piece of squre tubing with one side removed. this is what angle iron is made for with its reinforced bend. Also i considered weight. however, because of the angle irons thickness, its actually about the same
@ Pickels - Lase cutting was R250 +VAT = R285 ($36 +- ) they have a minimum fee so if you have a smallish order as mine was, you just pay that (R285) possibly, you will find i could have cut 4 wings for this price!
This is where I went:
Welcome to Zenith Installations
I did consider that the angle iron gap will collect mud...but at least it will dry out and it will not sweat inside like a box will. Also, he angle iron is stronger that a piece of squre tubing with one side removed. this is what angle iron is made for with its reinforced bend. Also i considered weight. however, because of the angle irons thickness, its actually about the same
@ Pickels - Lase cutting was R250 +VAT = R285 ($36 +- ) they have a minimum fee so if you have a smallish order as mine was, you just pay that (R285) possibly, you will find i could have cut 4 wings for this price!
This is where I went:
Welcome to Zenith Installations