Load rating on I-Beam

I have not looked at any of these in a few years, since I left the hustle and bustle of the high rise building cosntruction industry, but they are good reference books, when you need to know something about steel construction.

If you intend to span something with this beam, and it has to carry a load, I have always been of the opinion that an engineer should look at the details one proposes, to insure that it's ok for the loads imposed on it. It's safe practice and they range from $50 to $100 an hour around here, should not take long to analyze a straight forward detail if all the components are give.

I should refrain from lecturing or pontificating here, but it's important to know for safety reasons, I spent good part of my career, fixing details that did not work in the field, using my knowledge and reference materials, to revise things per field conditions or suggest details for things overlooked in design, that arise in the field during construction, mostly connections and fasteners but also some significant spans, in some instances, all of which were always approved, signed and stamped by a qualified licensed professional engineer after analysis.

You might find an edition of those manuals in the local library and it may shed some light on what you are dealing with, am curious what you are building as well. I see editions on e-bay quite often, older ones are affordable, newer ones are $200 or more.

That is a significant span. I know if it were me and I did not know but had to do it, I'd be placing temporary shores on either side of the pick to reduce the span, then stow em away later, ( but you did not hear that from me LOL ! )