Posted 4/18/2009 23:26 (#685143 - in reply to #685012) Subject: Re: I-Beam specs
Central / West Texas
I would go with a 12 X 22 lbs per foot beam. 8" beam sounds a little light to me. I have 14" X 26 lb meam as a hoist in my shop it was engineered to hold 6k lbs and that is one beam and made for ovehead lifting. It is spanning 21'