Well my current project is log racks for one of my running gears. I have a lot of wood down at the farm and I do not want to skid it out and get dirt on the logs.
It would be nice to use new steel to build a project. But I just cannot afford it! Luckily my little Brother got steel shipping crates and gave to me. But its still a lot of work to cut them apart and grind off all the welds.
I got the cross beams made and the uprights started.
The uprights and cross beams are 3" channel and I boxed them to make them stronger
Where I am at now is trying to figure out how much more support I need for the uprights. There is going to be a lot of pressure on them and I am worried about them bending. I am also worried about bending the cross beam where the red arrow points. Where if it bends it could hit the tire.
I am thinking of welding the one on that I have sitting on there. But am not sure if a shorter one on 45 deg angle would be enough or if I should have a longer one so it will support the whole corner? But the longer one would use up more room that I could stack logs on. And I might want to build a flat deck that I can set on it that would carry a big water tank and firehose pump so I would have a mobile fire wagon.
Billy
It would be nice to use new steel to build a project. But I just cannot afford it! Luckily my little Brother got steel shipping crates and gave to me. But its still a lot of work to cut them apart and grind off all the welds.
I got the cross beams made and the uprights started.
The uprights and cross beams are 3" channel and I boxed them to make them stronger
Where I am at now is trying to figure out how much more support I need for the uprights. There is going to be a lot of pressure on them and I am worried about them bending. I am also worried about bending the cross beam where the red arrow points. Where if it bends it could hit the tire.
I am thinking of welding the one on that I have sitting on there. But am not sure if a shorter one on 45 deg angle would be enough or if I should have a longer one so it will support the whole corner? But the longer one would use up more room that I could stack logs on. And I might want to build a flat deck that I can set on it that would carry a big water tank and firehose pump so I would have a mobile fire wagon.
Billy