gypsydan Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/14/2018 at 5:49 PM, Jim Gell said: gypsydan, I posted a picture of my diamond plate shield with my text and it shows up when I look at it. Can anyone else see it? Maybe I did not give it the right permissions? My diamond plate was about 1/8 inch thick or less. I bought it cheap by the pound as assorted scrap, so it wasn't labeled. I did a somewhat elaborate mounting with 3" or 4" X 2" channels cut at 45 degrees on the ends. I made some brackets that bolted between diamond plate and the channels. I then put clear plastic car door edge guard along the bottom and snugged that lower edge to the radius on the front of my trailer. Hopefully it's not wearing holes in my fiberglass cap. I may have more detailed pictures to post but I should figure out why you can't see them first. Jim Here is what I get when I try opening the link in a new tab. Al lI did was save the picture to my desktop, then reduce it to less than 100k, and drag it onto this page. 2009 Four Winds Chateau - 25' class C 2002 Chevy Tracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justRich Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Testing a PNG image upload by dragging from the desktop to the "Reply" window: ~Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsydan Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 23 hours ago, Rich&Sylvia said: Testing a PNG image upload by dragging from the desktop to the "Reply" window: Looks good to me. 2009 Four Winds Chateau - 25' class C 2002 Chevy Tracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance A Lott Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 On May 24, 2018 at 4:22 PM, gypsydan said: What are you screwing the stainless screws into? If it is ceiling crossbeams you need to be sure they are not aluminum, as over time the chemical intereaction between aluminum and stainless will badly corrode the aluminum and damage the ceiling beams, which could be difficult to repair/replace. Teh metal fram on my rig is all aluminum, which means I have to buy aluminmu screws (.75 cents each) to screw into the ceiling beams. I know there are different grades,of stainless but I have never had a problem. I bought my first all aluminum horse trailer in 1991 and have had two others since. All the factory bolts are stainless directly into aluminum. I have seen the damage galvanized screws and bolts can do, and They should not be used. I have seen aluminum bolts but never screws where do you get them? Are they strong enough to pull the material together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folivier Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 TefGel is a good product to prevent the corrosion between aluminum and stainless. Back on the road again in a 2011 Roadtrek 210P 2011 Tahoe 4x4, 2006 Lexus GX470, 2018 Ranger XP1000, 2013 RZR 570LEhttp://finallynewellin.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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