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Title: 3 Types of Roof Trusses Tested for Strength...
Post by: ajbremer on February 08, 2012, 09:44:43 PM
Roof Truss Strength Testing

I found a pretty cool video of the 'destruction' of 3 different roof trusses.
They are being tested for strength in an unfamiliar manner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRVXLrNi-dM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRVXLrNi-dM)
Title: Re: 3 Types of Roof Trusses Tested for Strength...
Post by: Ernest T. Bass on February 08, 2012, 11:43:48 PM
Neat.. I'll betcha the last set of trusses would have held with better bracing against racking and sturdier sheathing..
Title: Re: 3 Types of Roof Trusses Tested for Strength...
Post by: MountainDon on February 09, 2012, 10:25:29 PM
I don't understand what the point was. ??? It simply says, "don't drive a 10K lb truck on your roof at speed. Monster trucks are kind of fun, but other than that....?