How Dropped Axles Enhance Your Early Rod’s Classic Style—Plus 25 of the Coolest Hot Rods with Dropped I-Beam Axles.

Ford's twin I-beam design was as simple as it was brilliant. Basically, it consisted of two short, heavy duty, I-beam axles made of forged chromoly. The beams were offset and overlapping, hung ...

We add a twin I-beam into this 1969 Ford F-100 and take you step by step through the fabrication and safety process.

Despite its clear innovations over previous beams, many of which were shaped like the letter Z, the I-beam took a few decades to really catch on. The world's first steel building, the Rand McNally ...

Q. I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other ...

Usually this means the steel beam is close to 8inches tall and weighs 17pounds per linear foot - a common size that's in residences. But you can get 8-inch-tall steel I-beams that weigh more than ...