Recent content by oldgit

Hi Phanthom J, and Mathmate Thanks for the reply, I'm afraid that my post has been misunderstood! The stuff in red is a post I found that used maths that was more to my level of understanding, but is for box tube section! I intended to use it to calculate for flat plate and was wondering if...

Hi I wonder if you could help a really thick oldie with a problem, I found this:- I need to build a set of ramps for my dump trailer. The ramps will be 6' long. I have and want to use 1" x 3" 11 gauge rectangular steel. If I were to take one 6' piece of this material, stand it on its'...