conordavidson
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Well I was thinking of ways a deck breaks, and the order it goes in. Usually it happens like this: The dropouts break, then the folding mech rips off, then the top of the deck splits from the sides near then folding mech and so on. Well I can solve two of those, except the deck splitting. Reinforcements stop the dropouts from cracking/breaking. Re-welding the folding mech all around it prevents it from ripping off the deck. However, there wasn't an easy solution to stop the deck from splitting. So I was thinking that instead of bolting reinforcements on, just welding square tubing to the sides. I would cut out holes on one side so it would go over the two screws in the front and over the break bolt. I'm just wondering if that would make anything weaker or something along those lines. I'm trying to make a promodel last LONG, like 1 year long. So any insight would help.
