WAC 296-150C-1210   Table: Number of ties required per side of commercial coach.  

NUMBER OF TIES REQUIRED PER SIDE OF COMMERCIAL COACH
Note: This table is based on a minimum working load per anchor of three thousand one hundred fifty pounds with a fifty percent overload (four thousand seven hundred twenty-five pounds total).


Length of

Commercial

Coach

(Feet)


No. of

Vertical

Ties


No. of

Diagonal

Ties
00-40 2 3
41-46 2 3
47-49 2 3
50-54 2 3
55-58 2 4
59-64 2 4
65-70 2 4



     (1) Double-width commercial coaches require only the diagonal ties specified, and these must be placed along the outer side walls;

     (2) Length of commercial coach (as used in this table) means length excluding draw bar;

     (3) Diagonal ties in this method must deviate at least forty degrees from a vertical direction; or

     (4) The number of ties required can be designed by a professional engineer.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.22.340, [43.22.]355, [43.22.]360,[43.22.]432 , [43.22.]440 and [43.22.]480. 96-21-146, § 296-150C-1210, filed 10/23/96, effective 11/25/96.]