Posted 3/15/2008 21:22 (#334753 - in reply to #334403) Subject: Re: I-beam strengths
Eastern Montana
I'm not an engineer but for overhead lifting an 8 to 1 safety factor is usually required. I have a data book but there are to many variables for me to give any safe loads here. The loads are different for S or W type I-beams of the same weight.