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I have a 6 ft wide trough that is 100 ft long and has to support a 13000 lb loaded fork truck. I have choosen to use 1/2" steel floor plate with W6 x 16 beams welded to the plate that will span the 6 ft section. Each end of the beams will be resting on a concrete shelf. I am trying to determine the center distance the beams need to be held at without overkilling. Any formulas would help. thanks





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If your beam spacing is any more than 6' then the plate essentially needs to be able to span 6' with a wheel load in the center, so the beams aren't helpinmg much unless you go to about 4' spacing. So maybe you could use a smaller beam at that spacing.
FWIW, I'm not a structural engineer :)
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