CWAIS wrote:Rick McC, thanks for your comments. The holes are there for the wires. Once they are in place every hole will be welded shut top and bottom. John Hagen from Onalaska, WI makes his cages this way, they are called a "HAGEN CAGE". They look very nice when done but they are more work. I don't know why they would not be used around salt water but I don't know that much about that area of the country.
Thanks Duece, I will make sure that I tell the guys in charge of the J Bars.
I will try to post more pictures tomorrow.
Thanks for the explanation! I'd never seen or heard of that before.
"I don't know why they would not be used around salt water but I don't know that much about that area of the country."
Because with any opening; salt water will find it's way in, and eat the steel away, from the inside out. Until you've lived it; you can't believe it. When living even close to the coast down here; even the fog and dew has salt in it.
I fought rust for years on my second airboat, replacing the engine stand, and never ending paint, coat, cut and replace parts, etc. on a conduit cage.
Now (except for the engine) if it isn't aluminum; it's stainless, on any airboat I have.