[Zeke]

I just saw this. I'm surprised Ben (mb911) would say to go ahead and weld on your suspension when you admit you're not that experienced and "uncomfortable" with hooking up the equipment.

A Lincoln 100 is a weak machine at best. I'd want to see your welds before you welded on my suspension. One of the trickiest welding processes is to weld up different thicknesses of materials, not to mention those of different composition. If I understand what you are proposing, you are going to attempt to weld a forging to a DOM tube.

Ben is a welding instructor and I'm a student in another state. I wouldn't try to tell him how to weld, that's for sure. But, IMHO, you will get better penetration with a small welder using flux core wire and DCEN. You need to concentrate the puddle on the thicker material just "picking up" the tube part or you'll burn thru. That won't be good.