Weld Fracture at Eyelet on Rear of Tube

[murphy275]

Has this happened to anyone? Jaw Mark's in the I.D. of Eyelet, actually all (4) eyelets front and back. These are the Eyelets that are Stamped "No Lift". Possible cause could be when Pontoon was shipped and Trucker used a Ratchet Strap and really cranked on it. Possible Dealer? Boat is one year old and this was never spotted probably because its a Seam Crack and a small Divot. This was not caused by my Dealer supplied Trailer Strap's as they are Plastic Coated S-Hooks and there is no way you could apply that much force to cause this Fracture. I used them twice when picking Pontoon from Dealer and bringing it back to them for Storage.

Any Ideas?
Thanks in advance

 

[Jack M]

Ask your dealer how they remove them from the truck .
My dealer uses a fork lift .

 

[tcpip95]

Image 1524 looks like it got torqued pretty good. No big deal though. Easy fix with a quick weld and it will be good. Whoever did it didn't know what they were doing, so probably NOT the dealer.