On cribbing heavy loads

[Dabbler]

I found this great video on cribbing, and felt that it could help some folks out:

 

[Superburban]

That is good. To add a bit, I was taught on dirt or gravel, the bottom two layers should be the 3x3, then the next ones can be the 2x2 configuration.

 

[twraska]

That 24K pounds rating for a 2x2 crib is WAY over rated in soft conditions. I’ve seen 24k punch that much weight into the ground in seconds.

 

[Dabbler]

That 24K pounds rating for a 2x2 crib is WAY over rated in soft conditions

The video is, of course, rating the cribbing only. It's not really a complete course, but more of an intro. it is very tough finding a complete video on the subject, however.

 

[johnnielsen]

I used to think short 2x4s were for firewood only.

 

[StevSmar]

That’s a helpful video. I wish I’d seen it before I used trial and error for learning about stacking cribbing.… I‘d tried some search terms in YouTube but since I didn’t know what “cribbing” was called didn’t have much success

(I didn’t know wedges could be used for partial heights either.)