Recent content by Dman1801

It will be square tubing, and out-riggers will be used for stability.

I am going to build a wrecker (tow truck) ground up. Light duty unit, with a rotating boom. This is not a backyard, weld some old junk together project. This will be a very detailed, planned and designed piece of equipment. There is a huge gap in the light duty market, and the ultimate goal...

That's not to say there would not be impulse loading, and therefore a certain safety margin needs to be built in.

5Ton load would be static for the most part, in that it would be lifting vehicles, not tearing them apart or recovering them. The hyd side movement of the boom would be limited to be very slow as to keep control of the load. And yes, would have cylinder lock valves. It is basically going to...

I have a question about how to calculate what size of steel tubing to use in building a boom for a wrecker. Tentatively the compressed length will be 12, and extended I would like to be 28' as this will be a 3 stage boom. I would like to have a safe working load limit of 5Ton at full extension...