Then the truck from ALRO steel showed up. I recieved my raw materials for the new crossbeams.

I recived 1 24 foot 4" x .125 wall aluminum tube, a 24 foot 2 inch tube for the spinpole, an aluminum strap for the DS, and some other odds and ends i'll get to later. Total cost was 345 dollars delivered to my garage.

Not wanting to waste time, i dug in immediately, and cut the 4 inch tube to size, which happens to be 11 1/2 feet long.