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Old 05-03-2013, 08:03 PM
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Had Bill T put that wheel on 15 seconds later the fuselage would have sat down on the brake caliper instead of the wheel. Pretty good timing! Woohoo! She is on the gear....and apparently wasn't willing to wait another minute! On those saw horses for 5 days....collapsed 15 seconds after the wheel is placed on the axle.....someone up there loves Marines!

Both of you need to proceed direct to the nearest store that sells lottery tickets and buy one each.
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Old 05-04-2013, 04:49 AM
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Default I too,

have the same sawhorses. Thanks for the warning, as I will hopefully be at that stage of the build by the end of the year.
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Old 05-04-2013, 05:15 PM
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bought the same ones but added angle aluminum to reinforce the legs from spreading.

Never extended the legs all the way up... I guess I was lucky also since I had a motorcycle platform lift for quite a while to use under the belly of the fuselage prior to installing the gear.

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Old 05-04-2013, 06:31 PM
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If you want the real deal, then buy the Fulton TS-510S Adjustable Steel Sawhorse. they are the original manufactures and their stands are rated for 1000#.
I have a set that is over 15 years old and one of the best made tools I have.

http://www.fultoncorp.com/sawhorsefrontpage.cfm
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Old 05-05-2013, 06:58 AM
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I also have three of those, don't they rate them at 1,000 Lb?
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Old 05-05-2013, 07:08 AM
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Not sure what they are rated at, but I can tell you I lifted the fuselage by the motor mount by myself to put it up on that saw horse...so surely we aren't talking about a lot of weight here. In order to gain the clearance we needed to mount the wheels, the horse was extended to its highest notch on the adjustable legs, but again....if I can lift it, I felt like the horse should be able to hold it. I was mistaken.

Using some angle to keep the legs from spreading is a great idea and would have likely saved the horse had I suspected it would struggle with the weight. Be careful out there....I think I burned all of the available luck and there may not be any left for the next guy!
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Old 05-05-2013, 07:09 AM
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Btw, the fuselage had been stripped down for transport to the airport. I was trying to save the backs of those helping me carry it up the hill and lift it over the fence from my back yard. Panel, floors, rudder pedals, sticks...everything I could think of had been removed to make it as light as possible and the horse couldn't take it at its most extended slot. There may have been as much as 200lbs on that horse when it collapsed.

I suspect it was ok when we had it lower. But the hour or so it was fully extended proved to much. In hindsight, I could have bolted a 4x6 to the top instead of a 2x4 to gain some height and stayed off the most extended leg slot. If I were to do it again though, I think I would have bolted the wood back into the wing slot and used extended 2x6 legs to achieve the height....and a sawhorse for backup....and an engine hoist backing up the backup....and perhaps a parachute.
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If you want the real deal, then buy the Fulton TS-510S Adjustable Steel Sawhorse. they are the original manufactures and their stands are rated for 1000#.
I have a set that is over 15 years old and one of the best made tools I have.

http://www.fultoncorp.com/sawhorsefrontpage.cfm
A little caution here....there is no capacity listed for the TS-510S. The others are listed as 1000 lbs per pair.

The TS-510S and copies are probably 500 lb sawhorses when used without the leg extensions....compare with the TS-110S.
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Old 05-06-2013, 01:16 PM
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A little caution here....there is no capacity listed for the TS-510S. The others are listed as 1000 lbs per pair.

The TS-510S and copies are probably 500 lb sawhorses when used without the leg extensions....compare with the TS-110S.
Your right Dan, I have the ones with fixed legs. Still a better product that the cheap Chinese nock offs from HD.
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