Thread: Is your frame tough enough for FIRST?
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Re: Is your frame tough enough for FIRST?
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Originally Posted by fuzzy1718 View Post
Everyone is talking about aluminum and plexiglas, does anyone use an all steel frame other than us?
We used Ultrasteel (thin-wall steel sheet, dimpled for added strength, bent by the manufacturer into 8"-wide C-channel) for our ramps in '07. It allowed us to make ramp panels with a very minimal aluminum frame underneath (strickly for hinge mounting). Worked great, plus it was easy to repair if it got bent--just hammer them out.

We usually use welded aluminum for our base frame. Using steel as a base frame would be too heavy--maybe small pieces to strengthen joints that aren't being welded.
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