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We have discussed this subject in several threads in the past, and each time, there is a consensus that the present gage of 4’-8 ½” is perfect and should not be changed.  But the original poster of this thread was not asking if we should change today’s standard gage to a better gage.  That would be impossible.  There cannot possibly be an alternate gage that would offer enough of an advantage to change all of the physical plant we have today. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> What the original poster was asking is this:  Has there ever been an engineering / economic study to determine with certainty what the optimum gage would be if we were starting from scratch and had no prior commitment to 4’-8 ½”?   I speculate that the answer to that question is no.  And I would also speculate that 4’-8 ½” is not the optimum gage today in the terms of the original poster’s question.  The odds of that would be impossibly remote.
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