How much does your cage weigh?
01-26-2003, 03:32 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Get out your tape measure & a calculator.
1 1/2 x .120 is 1.769#/ft
1 3/4 x .095 is 1.679#/ft (sligthly lighter & slightly stronger)
11 ga sheet stock (.1169" thick) is 5 pounds per square foot.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">1.5 x .095 weighs 1.426 lb/ft.
We figured out that going from a .120 cage to a .095 cage in the miata should save about 27 lbs.....that is figuring on an 80 ft guesstimate.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Taken from <a href="http://forums.improvedtouring.com/it/Forum10/HTML/000694.html" target="_blank">Improved Touring</a> and would assume it is a roughly accurate number.
1 1/2 x .120 is 1.769#/ft
1 3/4 x .095 is 1.679#/ft (sligthly lighter & slightly stronger)
11 ga sheet stock (.1169" thick) is 5 pounds per square foot.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">1.5 x .095 weighs 1.426 lb/ft.
We figured out that going from a .120 cage to a .095 cage in the miata should save about 27 lbs.....that is figuring on an 80 ft guesstimate.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Taken from <a href="http://forums.improvedtouring.com/it/Forum10/HTML/000694.html" target="_blank">Improved Touring</a> and would assume it is a roughly accurate number.
