It is thinner wall but for my purpose it is plenty strong. I have a supplied air respirator but I grind the galvanizing off of the weld areas also. The vertical pipe is only about 32" long. It would take a lot of force to bend it. Much more than a person grabbing it for support. I will cut some off and test it before I commit to the entire job. The chain fence doesn't need the top pipe for where it's at now. I guess I was kind of keeping it for backup in case the wood fence needed to be replaced to keep deer out but a few sections without the top pipe won't matter. I could make the 5hr round trip but that's a long way for pipe.

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Tony H
W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT