Bunk brackets to angle iron cross member

[ncfishhawk]

I am trying to fit a re-purposed small trailer to carry a 12' jon boat. i need to mount bunks on the trailer but the cross members are just 1 1/2" angle iron. all the common mounting hardware for bunks appear to be for square or rectangular tubing based on the fact they all use u bolts. any simple non conventional ideas to get me started? only thing i can come up with is drilling in thru the angle iron and i'm not real keen on that idea really. thanks in advance

 

[alldodge]

If welding is out of the pic,

Maybe find some square tubing of similar size, then cut a piece a bit larger then needed to clamp U bolts. This way you could use traditional hardware.

 

[ncfishhawk]

Good idea. I'll check lowes. Welding is an option, i just wanted to be able to make it so it could be used/adjusted for a different boat possibly.