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You are assuming the center of gravity will be high?GPW wrote:Ken’s right … we’ve discussed ( and seen the results of ) top heavy trailers in the past …
I appreciate the constructive thinking! It is true that thick sidewalls have a lot of compression strength on edge.ghcoe wrote:So I have thought about a roof rack on my #2 trailer. I have though about all that has already been mentioned and agree that some are impractical or just add too much weight.
In my thinking the foam has plenty of load bearing potential at a compressive strength of 25psi per sq. inch. The problem is how to attach to the foam and spread the weight across the load bearing walls?
So my solution? Well some people want roof spars anyway so why not incorporate them into the top portion of the roof. Imbed the spars so that they are flush with the top of the roof foam. Then you can glue and screw a piece of OSB/Plywood to the roof. In my build I envisioned incorporating the OSB/Spars into the roof canvasing process. This should give good attachment points in itself or also allow a point to attach roof rack side panels.
Just food for though....
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