hahahaha I'm glad to see I'm not the only gutterhead
![Clapping :clap2:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/clap2.gif)
The weld toward the thickest piece makes sense, and it is what I did. The thing that is making it even more frustrating for me is that all of the advice everyone is giving (BTW Thank you very much!!!
![Beer :beer:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/beer.gif)
) are methods I used to put the truss on
![I Dunno... :dunno:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/dunno.gif)
. I did think about putting welds on the bottom of the tube to mirror the ones I put on top... but I didn't. That probably would have helped. I also thought about skipping having the weld shop straighten it and just weld a small low profile truss under the tube... but i didn't. I was worried I'd make the situation worse, or a more complicated straighten if I did really make it worse.