I have access to a FANTASTIC barn building. Unfortunately, the floor in the machine hall is thoroughly rotten, and I need to replace the joist and floor to be able to drive in a tractor and other equipment.
The challenge is that the current joist rests on 75-100 cm high natural stones at varying distances (the floor is about 1.5 m above ground level), and I need to find some type of "dimensioning tool" to calculate what is required to support a 5-ton tractor (joist + floor).
Can anyone refer to a suitable tool so I can avoid spending a couple of days trying to understand the formulas on the TräGuiden website?
The challenge is that the current joist rests on 75-100 cm high natural stones at varying distances (the floor is about 1.5 m above ground level), and I need to find some type of "dimensioning tool" to calculate what is required to support a 5-ton tractor (joist + floor).
Can anyone refer to a suitable tool so I can avoid spending a couple of days trying to understand the formulas on the TräGuiden website?
Unfortunately, no machine has run on the floor for several years and I don't know what kind of machines they were. However, I don't think it will hold our five-ton tractor (and I'm not quite ready to test it)F fribygg said:
A 5-ton tractor might ideally require a properly cast and reinforced slab?
Back in the day when people drove tractors on the lanes in barns in my area, they used Fe 35 and similar models that weighed under 2 tons.
Back in the day when people drove tractors on the lanes in barns in my area, they used Fe 35 and similar models that weighed under 2 tons.
Calculate just for fun what it would cost to cover the surface with 2x8 on edge, I don't think it's economically reasonable with today's lumber prices to construct a wooden floor structure that can support a 5-ton tractor.
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