[whateverpratt]

The plan is to get a piece of channel bent to slip over the outside of the frame rail at the weld and another one bent to fit inside the rail. That will give me triple the original frame thickness on the web and flanges 8 or 9 inches either side of the weld. Not that I think it's necessary. I bevelled the edges, and filled it in nicely. These old frames are mild steel, so the weld is the same strength as the original metal. I went verticle on my splice to keep the length of the reinforcement at a minimum, and because I don't think a Z or diagonal splice adds any strength to the frame. I've also seen more verticle splices on medium duty trucks than not.