[TheForge] Re: Making a drag bar

[Jerry Frost]

From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>


>
> Jerry> ...an old truck spring for the actual drag 
> bar.
>
> Frosty> No problem forging 5160 Jerry...
>
> I don't know about 5610 but I forged a replacement 
> tine for my
> Troy-Built tiller from new truck spring -- offcut 
> from the spring shop
> -- and it's on its 3rd year and doing fine.
>
> - Mike
>
> -- 
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada 
> .~.
> 
> /V\


Yeah, that's the stuff; leaf spring is 5160. They all 
are, as far as I know, since the mid 60's I think 
anyway, but it maybe something different on heavy 
trucks from the factory. How's that for unqualified 
qualification? <grin>

The local spring shops all use 5160 for leaf springs of 
whatever size and 9260 for coil springs. It's good 
stuff, very forgiving within broad parameters.

Frosty
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