Stall Bar materials

Has anyone constructed stall bars with 2x4 pine sides?  Will that be strong enough?

thanks!

stephen

Don't use Pine for the structural rigidity of your stall bars. Pine is really soft wood

For structural rigidity I used 2 standard framing 2x4x8 and oak dowel rods (1.25 x 36)

Rayne-William said:

Don't use Pine for the structural rigidity of your stall bars. Pine is really soft wood

 

For structural rigidity I used 2 standard framing 2x4x8 and oak dowel rods (1.25 x 36)

What are your 2x4's made out of?  Just curious because most framing 2x4's you get at any Home Depot or Lowe's are in fact pine (or other coniferous varieties)

Xcel said:

What are your 2x4's made out of?  Just curious because most framing 2x4's you get at any Home Depot or Lowe's are in fact pine (or other coniferous varieties)

I bought two heat treated framing studs for the structure of my stall bars.

The stall bars you the see in picture above are 7'6"(228.6cm)

I spent about 156USD

Rayne-William said:

 

If I make another set or replace the current studs I will use oak.

If I may ask, any particular reason?  Are the current ones showing signs of stress (ie starting to crack) or would it be more for appearance reasons?

Reason Im asking is I have 8' 2x4 studs on hand and Im aiming for low cost, not appearance.  However, if they arent strong enough, Ill just go with 2 layers worth of .75" thick sanded plywood and bond them together.  Id rather avoid doing that.  For the rungs, Im looking at the 1.375" x 72" poplar dowels that Lowes sells for <$10 which would be the bulk of the expense.

stephen

I used  2x 8x8 which worked awesome . So easy to offset the top. Plus I extended the very top out even further. I used schedule80 on the bottom rungs. Problem is the pvc bends when I stand on it  If anyone ever breaks I will replace with 1"5/8 poplar dowel. I have that at the very top offset rung and that does not bend at all. The rest of my rungs are oak.  Total cost was about 106$ to build.

Good to hear that.  I was originally thinking of using 2x6s.  Do the deeper sides cause any problems?  All the pictures/plans Ive seen appear to be using the ~4" depth so I figured there was a reason for that.

stephen

So I went to Home Depot today to look at lumber.  Considering what they are charging for suitable .75" plywood, using oak wouldnt cost all that much more.

stephen

Stephen Hepner said:

If I may ask, any particular reason?  Are the current ones showing signs of stress (ie starting to crack) or would it be more for appearance reasons?

 

No, the wood is less than year old after it was stocked. 

Using Oak would be for primary structural reasons and appearance as a secondary reason.  If I went for appearance and structural reasons I would use mahogany