@Mike Halloran. That sounds like a viable solution, and is similar to what I had in mind except I left out the torsion bar and instead had just a torsion spring system, I just wasn't sure how much force would be applied to the stairs on the return cycle. Is there a way I can latch the stairs in...
@dhengr. What your referring to is a typical step used on heavy equip/ haul trucks, this ladder system was designed to eliminate that step and make an easier mounting process, the ladder system works great, but for reasons I can't mention the mine manager wants to replace the powered system...
I like the idea of a counterbalance system but I was hoping to find something a little more rigid, I'm not sure how that would work on a piece of equipment that travels up to 30 mph through rough conditions.
Here is a link to a quick sketch, let me know if it doesn't work
http://picture.vzw.com:80/mi/773703875_2749482369_0.jpeg?limitsize=345,345&outquality=56&ext=.jpg&border=2,0,0,0
Sure I can whip up a basic sceth for you, as for the exact masses of the stairs I would have to track down the exact weights and sizes, but a ball park figure would be, stairs are about 350 lbs and dimensions would be 8.5ft long 3 ft wide and side of the stringers are about 1 ft tall.
Hi everyone, I have a problem to solve, imagine your standing on a platform 7 ft in the air and the only way to get to the ground is a stair stringer that raises and lowers in front of you rotating on an axis on the end of the platform on which you are standing. In the raised position the stair...
