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Re: Tapered box steel for ROPS
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Posted by nballen on August 15, 2006 at 08:44:36 from (198.246.171.252):
In Reply to: Tapered box steel for ROPS posted by Josh in Pa on August 15, 2006 at 07:29:32:
Might be better (easier, cheaper, simpler) to just leave the full 2x6 section. Unless you are REALLY worried about being top heavy (I just don't see that on a 1655) the extra weight won't hurt you a bit. My gut sense tells me that the extra weight you pull out of the ROPS won't save you anything, especially since you are buying stock sections and having to cut and reweld. When a manufacturer buys steel by the pound, and can save some weight by fabricating a special section for dozens (or hundreds) of units, the savings add up to be worthwhile. For a single unit (what you are building) you don't recover the cost of making that special shape. Nathaniel
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