Quote Originally Posted by Toolguy View Post
He did get them unloaded nicely. But, flexing the trusses sideways like that loosens all the nail plates holding them together and ruins the stuctural integrity of all of them.
Not as much as you would think, the plates used in commercially manufactured trusses are not the same junk that is sold to the unsuspecting consumers at the big box stores. The wood does most of the flexing, that and the trusses are engineered to meet some pretty strict standards all connecting materials has to undergo testing in all conditions if they weren't then if would be nearly impossible to install then without damaging