Carbon Fiber GMC
GMC going with Carbon Fiber (maybe)...what do you all think? LINK
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There is a misconception of how tough carbon fiber is...
Yes, stronger than steel...but to get it in reference...weight vs tensile strength is higher than steel
Think most understand fiber glass better and just think of carbon fiber as the exact same as fiber glass...but with a better or higher tensile strength fiber....carbon vs glass(on that...many don't know that the fiber glass...fiber is window glass spun into fine fibers). The resin binders are about the same stuff. Both use the same or similar pre-preg and/or layup system
While on this...am in wonderment of where those folks who say their garden supply only loads pallets of stone...so aluminum bed is fine...well...in my area, all of the garden supply places use a bucket dumper to load stone into pickups. See pickups jumping up and down during those 'dumps' all the time...and...know one driver/owner who lifts the bucket as tall as he can to @ss#oles who give him a bad time on pricing of his materials... :B
Sure, 'some' are palletized, but those are the expensive stuff. Like slate, flat rock, ornamental stone, etc
Yes, stronger than steel...but to get it in reference...weight vs tensile strength is higher than steel
Think most understand fiber glass better and just think of carbon fiber as the exact same as fiber glass...but with a better or higher tensile strength fiber....carbon vs glass(on that...many don't know that the fiber glass...fiber is window glass spun into fine fibers). The resin binders are about the same stuff. Both use the same or similar pre-preg and/or layup system
While on this...am in wonderment of where those folks who say their garden supply only loads pallets of stone...so aluminum bed is fine...well...in my area, all of the garden supply places use a bucket dumper to load stone into pickups. See pickups jumping up and down during those 'dumps' all the time...and...know one driver/owner who lifts the bucket as tall as he can to @ss#oles who give him a bad time on pricing of his materials... :B
Sure, 'some' are palletized, but those are the expensive stuff. Like slate, flat rock, ornamental stone, etc
