At 12:46 -0600 3/21/01, Dan Buettner wrote:
>Lower bracket has a twist to it; it is rotated so that the frontmost
>edge (toward the apron end of the car) comes up, even more so than
>the angle of the frame brace. It might help to think of it as a
>lifting wing as the car runs down the road. It has a hole in the
>end away from the frame, and the outer end is rounded (no corners).
I made a mistake here - the twist to this bracket brings it down to
LESS of an angle than the frame brace, not more. It is almost, but
not quite, in the same plane as the ladder frame - it's perhaps 10
degrees up.
My bad.
Dan
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