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Old 7th Mar 2014, 22:31
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Chu Chu
 
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This is probably what John is saying, but I don't think the portions of the spreaders that project beyond the load width-wise (i.e. the parts at the top and bottom of the illustration) should count at all. Imagine you had a trench the width of the load, and placed spreaders overhanging the trench on both sides, then the load on top. The spreaders would just flip up and follow the load into the trench.
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