Thread: drawbar coupling

Originally Posted by woods223

Was merely making an observation based on what I’ve seen as a past WOF issuer. And as you say weld strength is dependent on preparation and welding skills, speaking as someone who has worked on such projects as a certified welder. To get thread back on track I have used and seen many of these couplings on trailers over the years an never seen one give trouble when used within specs.

Half of that is using a budget mig to do the job so the weld is barely lukewarm, without cleaning the metal and getting rid of the paint galv and crap, doing the job outside and in the overhead position... The other half is probably amateur hour weld as you learn techniques which is fine except when its a reasonably stressed weld that if it lets go is likely to result in some extreme stress at the very least!