look thats @Quintin in the background
No probs man.
But who is gonna help me lift the car?
Agreed, square tubing is a lot stronger than what most guys think. Most people over engineer in terms of stands trying to cater for massive downforce where the focus should be more to try and prevent horizontal movement like Riaan mentioned above.Just for science.
A 50mm square tube 3mm wall thickness.
1 meter length, setup perfectly vertical. With no movement or swaying.
Can support just over 9400KG
yes, almost 10 tons of weight before it gives in.
You will get the exact figure if you ask the right engineering students.
Agreed, square tubing is a lot stronger than what most guys think. Most people over engineer in terms of stands trying to cater for massive downforce where the focus should be more to try and prevent horizontal movement like Riaan mentioned above.
If you add triangles or more horizontal braces in key areas on a stand there is no reason why you cant use 25mm square tubing for example on most of the tanks on this forum.
Obviously I would feel safer with 50mm pipes on massive tanks...
Just for science.
A 50mm square tube 3mm wall thickness.
1 meter length, setup perfectly vertical. With no movement or swaying.
Can support just over 9400KG
yes, almost 10 tons of weight before it gives in.
You will get the exact figure if you ask the right engineering students.
It is not that expensive to make an over engineered stand compared to all the pain of loosing lots of livestock and expense, cause the stand broke
The stand is made out of 50mm sq tubing that is 3mm think (1200x100x800), welded with an argon welder and put under an X-ray machine to ensure the welding is 100% with no cracks of stress lines... This was done by my neighbour Dave, a structural mining engineer that owns his own workshop and does huge mining projects. According to his calculations the stand can take a static weight load of 17,86 tons before starting to buckle....
Thats crazy insane boet, you could have use 25mm
that is if the load is a static load. That never moves.According to his calculations the stand can take a static weight load of 17,86 tons before starting to buckle....
And a 50mm steel stand just looks so much better than a 25mm stand.
Especially when its in a cabinet
I do not have a cabinet...Especially when its in a cabinet