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1. [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: Skip Albright <salbrigh@nycap.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:38:56 -0400; Seems like an easy choice, but maybe not. I need to have a couple 2 by's for a ramp to my pickup. No particular load, but could be pretty heavy . last week it was a model A frame and axles. 2 x 10? 2; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00172.html (7,083 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "Matt" <mbarre@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:51:19 GMT; I have a pair of good 2x12s I keep in the back of my one ton Dodge. It has come in handy for loading motorcycles, ATVs, lawn tractors, and numerous other non-wheeled loads. I had similar planks for l; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00173.html (8,203 bytes)
3. [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:25:39 -0500; I don't know that 2x12s are that much stronger than 2x10s... if you're planning on a significant load I'd bolt on some runners of 2x2x1/4" angle iron on each side of the ramps...since you're not goin; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00174.html (8,401 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:44:14 -0400; Wider boards are stronger, if you turned them sideways. It's the depth of the beam that determines its load capacity. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com ____________________________________________; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00176.html (8,688 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:00:12 -0500; I wonder where the specifications for tensile strength are ??? looked around on the internet ...found lots of specs on 'manufactured wood" but nothing on a common pine 2x10... I'm sure grade enters i; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00177.html (10,248 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:14:17 -0400; 20% more? For actual numbers, you can exptrapolate from joist span tables and the live load they can support, except the data is only relevant to the "on edge" orientation. jim ______________________; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00178.html (9,152 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:18:31 -0400; A 2X10 will flex nearly as much as a 2X4, when loaded on wide side. You need depth, not width (except, of course, it needs to be wide enough to roll up). -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com ________; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00179.html (8,758 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:19:15 -0500; so Jim.... your calculations are based on the board being 20% wider ??? that makes sense but where do you find 'bearing weight' (I don't know the proper term) for how much weight either board would h; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00180.html (10,400 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:22:53 -0400; You will find information like span tables on lumber like this when standing on end, as it is used in construction. I have not seen anything addressing strength in the other direction. I have found t; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00181.html (9,199 bytes)
10. [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "Paul Parkanzky" <parkanzky@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:23:50 -0400; What about something like this: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=55424 For $40 you get a pair of ramps designed to do what you want them to do. Actually, I just got a; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00182.html (7,758 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:27:09 -0500; Oh, I agree Steve... store bought is better... but it's a rainy day here and work is slow... trying to keep my mind occupied.. Just continuing a thread thought line from a previous post... I'm distra; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00183.html (10,427 bytes)
12. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:33:23 -0400; Google "joist span tables" and you should be set for the day :-) As others noted, there isn't much strength in a flat board- the strength comes from compression at the top and tension at the bottom,; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00184.html (8,976 bytes)
13. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:33:57 -0500; Last time I needed ramps was about 15 years and 3 trailers ago. I used 6" C-purlins, lightweight sheet steel in a "C" cross-section from a metal building supply. Welded two side-to-side, cut a shallo; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00185.html (8,727 bytes)
14. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:55:46 -0400 (EDT); This may be a crazy question, but is there some reason you're not looking at actual ramps made of metal for this application? Mark _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net ht; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00186.html (8,322 bytes)
15. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:56:00 -0700; FWIW, I sometimes use a pair of 10' scrap 2x12 as ramps for my trailer. They do bend a lot, but I haven't managed to break them yet. Using the full span, I wouldn't go more than 400 pounds or so (mys; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00187.html (8,369 bytes)
16. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:59:27 -0400 (EDT); I have a set of these. They are _heavy_, but probably no more so than a 2x10. HF USA's website appears to be having issues, but I _think_ this is the 15% off coupon: http://www.harborfreightusa.com/; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00188.html (8,825 bytes)
17. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:17:48 -0400 (EDT); Site is back. Link is: http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/emails/display.do?fname=34_RetailC.html Mark _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.ht; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00189.html (10,015 bytes)
18. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:17:05 -0400; 2 by's for a Don't know if money is really an object here. And yes, wood might be the cheapest wayt to go. We have 2 sets of ramps for my Dad's pickup. On set is wood the other is metal. You might wa; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00192.html (9,710 bytes)
19. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:21:55 -0400; For many years I used a pair of 8' long 2 X 10's as ramps for my car trailer. I added rabbeted 2 X 4's along the sides to make then into wide H beams. They would carry the weight of MG's and a Toyota; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00193.html (9,711 bytes)
20. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1): Author: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:14:26 -0400; 20% almost exactly. Accurately, it'll be 11.625/9.625 or 21.1% (not counting variation in the lumber.) On the other hand, a 2x4 on edge under a 2x10 will _add_ (1.625/9.625)*(3.625^2)/(1.625^2)) or 1; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00194.html (10,295 bytes)

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