Hey Guys,

Thanks for the feedback. All good ideas and information. Gabel, thanks for your post, it has a lot of good information in there and I appreciate it. You are almost dead on with the dimensioning you proposed. Good eye. I hadn't thought about the effects at the central truss too and twice the load. Thanks.

As far as the connection: A question in regards to the pitch. Am I right in thinking as the pitch becomes greater the thrust is reducing as well. I guess an example (all things being equal and represented as a triangle) as your pitch goes past 12/12 the compression at the heel from the prafter becomes greater than the tension on the tie? Is it true the lesser the pitch the more thrust?

Can engineering problems on this joint come into tolerance by making a pitch greater?

Thanks for yall's contributions.