F-800 Pintle plate

[admweld]

Did this yesterday,1/2" plate someone did was cracking in mutiple spots.Replaced with 5/8" saved d-rings added gussets in the back at 60deg. inward toward center.All mig off my MM250X 70S6 .035 wire.Except top of plate under dump hinge sticked that 7018 1/8.Wire wasn,t wetting in the way i prefer.

[bigtow30t]

That looks heavy. Did you put any channel or anythingon the back side to keep it from bowing

[admweld]

That looks heavy. Did you put any channel or anythingon the back side to keep it from bowing

No that is why I angle the gusset inward to prevent bowing.He is towing a chipper not a15ton excavator.

[Portable Welder]

I had the same question, I normally run a stiff back also because thats where they fail, unfortunately it was hard to see if the gussets were on an angle from the picture.

I do agree, if he was a dirt digger hauling a 24 ton trailer then I would say you need to beef it up, but for hauling a 10,000 lb chipper that should be plenty, especially since you angled the gussets in.

In a worst case scenario all that would happen is it would start to bend if he over loaded it.

Nice job.