Re: Ladder Frame diagonal cross brace welding

["John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>]

If you accept that compression failures are less harmfull than tension
failures and if you can predict the direction of worst case forces it's better
to put the diagonals in compression - If the diagonals are in compression the
welds on the upright tubes are more important so finish those first - Others
would know better than me but I would think the greatest stress would be
bending the middle of the car down in a crash - If so the tops of the
diagonals should slant tward the center of the car to be in compression .