can this type of floor joints support 180G??

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I think if you run the tank across the joists it should be fine but a litte re-enforcement never hurts.. I'm planning on buying the same screw jacks that rallysman showed you. Just haven't found them yet..
 
I've done construction on and off for years. You would be amazed at how much weight those trusses will support. I personally prefer joists of 2 X 10's spaced 16" apart. But, as I said before, those trusses will support a tremendous amount of weight. If you follow your original plan, you should have no problems. Try to set up the edges of your stand so that they align with trusses underneath. In other words try to align the far left edge of your tank stand directly over one of the trusses, same story for the right side of the stand.
 
i think you would be fine with no added supports that is a strong set up...
 
Hawkfish3.0;1601796; said:
I've done construction on and off for years. You would be amazed at how much weight those trusses will support. I personally prefer joists of 2 X 10's spaced 16" apart. But, as I said before, those trusses will support a tremendous amount of weight. If you follow your original plan, you should have no problems. Try to set up the edges of your stand so that they align with trusses underneath. In other words try to align the far left edge of your tank stand directly over one of the trusses, same story for the right side of the stand.
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The joists are roughtly 18" apart (wasn't tall enough to measure the gap in between). just to be safe I'll try to run an other support beam across the joists and use couple lally columns or if I can find the jack mentioned by rallysman, or something similar.
Thanks guys.
 
those are pre-engineered trusses they will hold your truck with those three fatties and their cake with no additional bracing.
 
you could easily screw or bolt a 2x8 or 2x10 joist to the top section of that truss.and supprt it with a 4x4 post to the floor
 
gomezladdams;1602089; said:
you could easily screw or bolt a 2x8 or 2x10 joist to the top section of that truss.and supprt it with a 4x4 post to the floor
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adding anything is not needed they are more than strong enough to support a 180
 
jp80911;1601062; said:
second thought on the configuration, won't this truss configuration make load distribute more evenly? hence stronger? isn't that why there are many bridges made with truss? :confused:
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verry good load berring set up i would take mesurments befor the tank set up and periodicly check it
 
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