Your engineer buddy had the same concern I had about that upright wagging the heavy mass you are likely going to install on top. Good job w/ the the reinforcing. It's rather attractive in an industrial sort of way.

However, I am at a loss on how you would handle the characteristics of a deposit of clay, sand, gravel, or silt in building a tube for your upright. Am I missing something.😉

BenT

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> On Feb 21, 2014, at 7:25 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> I'm still plugging away it this project, still making it up as I go. Some progress made on the swing away tire carrier:
> 
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/vanagon-swing-away-tire-carrier-more-on-the-latch/
> 
> 
> Alistair