tow bar steel 60x60x5

[muddyhilux]

anyone kno anyone in aucklamd that sells this stuff,ive been ringing all day but everyone says no,best bars have it but wont sell as thats work lost from them,but they also reckon they import it,anybody kno the truth?cheers

[gimmemud]

Have you tryed south auckland steel in manukau? That's where i go for my steel and they have always had what i wanted in stock.

[muddyhilux]

na unfortunatly they dont,not even fletcher say they have it,they all have 50,65 75 boxnot 60,apparently its quite uncommon,last bit i used for my towbar was a old towbar cut up but now im making a bar for my mate we cant find the stuff anywhere

[Ben]

Try Calibre engineering (used to be Papakura engineering) - they do cut to length steel retail sales. They have pretty good stock and you can buy any length you want.

http://www.calibreengineering.co.nz/

Ben

[vvega]

why not use 65 ?

[muddyhilux]

im making a reece hayman hitch so the reciever needs to 60x60x5 to then recieve a 50x50x5 box like this

[rokhound]

Make a bit out of 65 x 65. Cut it down and then weld it up. Might not be as strong though (depends on your welding skills I guess )

[muddyhilux]

yeh was gona do that rokhound,just cant really be arsed if i can just buy some from sumwhere but may end up having to go that way

[Rotazuk]

I just went out and checked my box of cut up tow bar parts that I cut up to make one many years ago , but no 60x60 . I have 50x50 with a 40x40 reciever both are still 5mm wall so the streight is just about the same as the 60x60 and 50x50 so why not just do the same ? Guess standard recievers are 50x50 ?

Chris

[mudlva]

just a thought why not wrap the toung with 2X20 flat bar so it fits into the 65X 65

[muddyhilux]

yeh standard stuff is 50x50 unfortunatly,um yeh at this stage im goin with 65x65 offset with the 50x50 with a 5mm plate on 2sides bringing it down to the 50 x 50

[Smurf]

when I made my hitch I cut down two pieces of 65mm right angle and welded them together

[KiwiBacon]

Make a bit out of 65 x 65. Cut it down and then weld it up. Might not be as strong though (depends on your welding skills I guess )

65x65x6 is in the fletchers catalogue, that's only 53mm square on the inside hole. You need an anti-rattle device of some type anyway.
But when I called fletchers yesterday the (obviously new) guy on the other end told me they don't have any pipe over 150mm. Maybe by now he's found the other pages in their catalogue.

[muddyhilux]

mhm it maybe just as easy,and anti rattle device?whats that? im just running steel on steel on mine but yeh,i probly should put something in there and yeh,thatd fill the gap i supose,cheers guys