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    How Much Force Is Needed to Tip a Loaded Cart?

    Redbelly 98- Thanks for taking that time to run through that calculation. After a bit more research after my post, i realized that I had incorrectly shown other forces in my sketch as they were internal forces. The correct calculation, as you have indicated, is the moment calculation with the...
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    How Much Force Is Needed to Tip a Loaded Cart?

    Attached is a sketch of a sheet rock cart. The cart weighs 79 pounds and I have indicated the location of the centroid. The load on the cart consists of several sheets of material that weigh 1200 pounds. I am trying to determine the pulling force required (F) to tip the cart over (assuming...
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