OT: load carrying capabilities of lumber/steel

From: Clint Wolff <vaxman_at_qwest.net>
Date: Fri Apr 6 22:01:32 2001

I am looking for an online reference to help me calculate how
much live load (AKA VAXen) I can put on my living room floor.

The floor: 2x10's 2 foot on center, approximately 14 foot
span (guess, too lazy to measure just yet). 3/4" OSB on top,
carpet, 1/2" OSB (to keep the VAX from squishing into the
carpet)...

The VAX: 1100 lbs of true blue & white BIG IRON! minus
whatever I remove for hand transport.

Me: 300 lbs of Coca-Cola and Hostess fruit pies :)

Clint

PS I also want to replace a smallish steel IBeam with
a micro-lam, so steel numbers would help too...
Received on Fri Apr 06 2001 - 22:01:32 BST