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   florida | Apr 20, 2012 01:28pm | #1

   Depends on how many hands you have. 35' will weigh close to 400 pounds and be very unwieldy but 4 guys should be able to carry it okay. Lifting it into place is another story.

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   IdahoDon | Apr 20, 2012 01:39pm | #2

   Keep in mind each end is only half the weight - often it's pretty easy for even one guy to get a come along to get one end up where it can be tied off, then the other end is lifted into place enough to get it secured.  More than once I've used ledgerlock screws to attach a smaller verticle lvl to a wall so there's something to attach a come along to

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   1110d | Apr 20, 2012 01:48pm | #3

   This ML is going to be used for a very high ridge board.  The contractor wants a continuous board so the ridge is straight.  I'd like to use a rimjoist, but they don't come long enough.  Nobody carries PSL's around here, so that leaves a ML.  Awfully, heavy, expensive ridge board.

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   IdahoDon | Apr 20, 2012 02:19pm | #4

   If he has had problems with more traditional materials and this makes things turn out better for him, I think I'd stick to what he knows works.  

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   IdahoDon | Apr 20, 2012 02:22pm | #5

   It just dawned on me you mentioned "...each ply is...."  Does that mean you're going with multiple plies?   This is not a weight supporting ridge? 

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   1110d | Apr 20, 2012 02:39pm | #7

   It's not a beam, only a ridge board, a very expensive ridge board.  Single ply (I didn't want to get into a discussion about how far a single ply ridge beam could span)  The 14" depth is needed to provide full bearing on the rafter ends.  I'd laminate 1x's together to make a ridge board, but the 14" depth makes that impractical.  This is why I was originally hoping to use a PSL rim joist, but they only come in 20' lengths.  I can see how even a single joint would make framing much more difficult.

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   calvin | Apr 20, 2012 03:29pm | #8

   joint in ridge, much more difficult?

   Really?

   If the single member saves money in labor, then sure thing-more economical.

   But one joint in a ridge?  

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   calvin | Apr 20, 2012 02:25pm | #6

   Ridge board or Ridge BEAM?

   I see don has just asked.

   My question exactly-if it's a beam, then it just happens to be a very long expensive spec'd pc of engineered lumber.............

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   florida | Apr 20, 2012 03:29pm | #9

   A high ridge board. Wow, getting it into place is sure going to be fun. LIke lifting a 400 # wet noodle. let us know how it works out.

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   1110d | Apr 20, 2012 04:01pm | #10

   That's what my original post was getting at.  Continuous might be really nice on paper, but I wouldn't want to be lifting it 30+ feet up.  If they are going to cut it into short lengths to get it into place, then I might as well go with the rim board because that material only costs $70 verses $200.