ok one more measurement and pictures maybe this will help with the advice.
I measured the total distance between the front eye hole bracket and the final eye hole bracket which is 50 inches.
I do not want to have to remove the brackets and re-weld them.
20160719_175158 by
TomParisOBC, on Flickr
20160719_175203 by
TomParisOBC, on Flickr
and a view of the other side
20160719_175210 by
TomParisOBC, on Flickr