Posted by Will (in IL) [98.215.26.138] on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 15:11:14 :
In Reply to: Re: Flat/Stake Bed Design question posted by M Fanoni [65.98.184.194] on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 15:00:50 :
The c6x8.2 is probably stronger than the PW's frame, had hopped to some day add a hoist/dump to the bed, so I went heavy for the ones on the bed side.
I made a mistake/typo, the angles are 2" x 2" x 1/8", sorry about that, was thinking of another project.
I had not done any calculations on the cross members so good points, just went based on past use/experience. The widest span across on them is the 38" between the C's, guess I should consider that an area of concern.
Looks like I'll be around 400 pounds of steel in the bed with out the extra set of C-channel sections under it.
Thanks,
Will
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