Draw bar question...

[Flyfishin.aa.ron]

I'm in the works to build my frame right now and wanted to get opinions on draw bars. My original design had a draw bar from the coupler all the way through to the back bumper. My intentions were to put another receiver there for a recovery point. With that being said.....would you build the frame with the draw bar under the crossmembers? Or put it through them? The main frame and crossmembers will be 2x3 material. And what are the advantages/ disadvantages of a full length draw bar? Mine will be approximately 13-15 feet long so at 20$ per foot it gets expensive.

 

[old_man]

Terms have different meanings to different people and places. Exactly what are you calling a draw bar? Are you speaking of something vehicle mounted or trailer mounted?

 

[Flyfishin.aa.ron]

Terms have different meanings to different people and places. Exactly what are you calling a draw bar? Are you speaking of something vehicle mounted or trailer mounted?

I added a picture to my original post for better clarification. Thanks!!

 

[old_man]

2.5x.25 box is overkill. I would knock it back to 2x2x.25. and this would still be overkill. The frame would easily support 5-6k.

 

[Flyfishin.aa.ron]

2.5x.25 box is overkill. I would knock it back to 2x2x.25. and this would still be overkill. The frame would easily support 5-6k.

Yup, I decided to do a little tweaking on the design and materials. The 2x3 .125 for the main frame and crossmembers is already here so I'm using that, but I'm going to reduce the "drawbar" size down to 2x2 .125 and just have the coupler end and rear end be 2.5x2.5 .25 material in order to accept a receiver hitch. Thanks for the advice!