Thank you for the welcome, and I don't mind you sounding like a smart ass, because I must sound like a dumb ass.
And I did go out there earlier with one of those ruler-things and figured the bolt was about 7.5 inches long and about .5 an inch thick, but I think it is a metric bolt and is actually 12 mm thick. But I might be wrong. (That's been happening to me a lot lately.) I actually went to the hardware stores in the area, and they had nothing long enough that was metric.
Since tomorrow morning is going to be spent calling around trying to find the right size bolt, I thought I would ask if anyone knows the exact size of the bolt to keep myself from sounding like more of a dumb ass on the phone. I also think that if it is indeed metric I would want to replace it with same size bolt rather than a similiarly sized standard bolt that would not fit snugly and create some slop.
Thank you for your input on the about the grade 8 or better and about jacking it up to support it. That is helpful.
But I have expended way too much energy typing about my dumb ass question about a bolt size, so on to more important questions.
How do I convert my truck into a ice cream truck like yours?
Chris