Trusses used for roof support in coal mines are constructed of two grouted bolts installed at opposing forty-five degree angles into the roof and a cross member that ties the angled bolts together. The load on the cross member is vertical, which is transverse to the longitudinal axis, and therefore the cross member is loaded in the weakest direction. Laboratory tests were conducted to determine the vertical load capacity and deflection of three different types of cross members. Single-point load tests, with the load applied in the center of the specimen and double-point load tests, with a span of 2.4m, were conducted. For the single-point load configuration, the yield of the 25mm solid bar cross member was nominally 98kN of vertical load, achieved at 42cm of deflection. For cable cross members, yield was not achieved even after 45cm of deflection. Peak vertical loads were about 89kN for 17mm cables and 67kN for the 15mm cables. For the double-point load configurations, the 25mm solid bar cross members yielded at 150kN of vertical load and 25cm of deflection. At 25cm of deflection individual cable strands started breaking at 133 and 111kN of vertical load for the 17 and 15mm cable cross members respectively.