I work for a home builder and I contacted the place we get our structural steel from to see if they had any contacts for me. They ended up having this cut off from what was once a 40' pipe and they sold it to me as scrap pretty much. I feel like i got a good price for $150. It's 3/8 wall and 6'4" probably going to cut it down to 5'
Thanks! I didn't even think about a counterweight. Now I have some more research to do to figure all that out. I am glad that I am planning it all out before I start cutting away....