"dpb" wrote in message
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On 04/09/2017 9:11 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"James wrote in message
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Could you double-check my use of on-line calculators to determine
the
column buckling load of a pinned-end chain link fence post 1.90"
OD,
1.77" ID (16 gauge) and 96" long as 4900 lbs?
...

I get ~1600 lb and that's assuming fully axial loading with no
moment...will be significantly less with side loading. Seems on
first blush at a reasonable number, 8'L/2"D is a pretty long and
slender wand...and 16 ga ain't that stout.

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I've put about that much load on a tripod of 1-5/8" fence posts, to
proof test it. Normally it carries a 1/4 ton HF hoist.

Originally I used wood posts and happened to hit the buckling limit
exactly -- the post would remain at whatever deflection I pushed it
to.

Today's hoist project is to pull up some bushes and saplings.
-jsw