Long strong screws instead of lag screws

McFeely’s sells these, and they work very well. I’m using them on the potato cannon I’m building/blogging, on the clamps that hold the gun to the trunnion, and I’m holding up my wall-mounted racks with them.

-- My broker promised me he would treat my money as if it were his own. Trouble is, he did.

Used these on my son’s sand box. They are pretty pricey (from Home Depot) but worked very well. Used a cordless impact driver to easily drive through three 4×4s at a time.

-- some day I hope to have enough clamps to need a clamp cart!

I worked on one Boy Scout Eagle project where we drilled through railroad ties and hammered in rebar. This would have reduced our workload considerably. Nice to know!

I used these quite a bit. They are great. If you need more at that price, let me know, I may be able to get them for you, just PM me and we’ll talk. My supplier sells them and that sounds like the same pricing.

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I use them all the time when building exterior decks and also when screwing LVL’s together. I use my small lightweight makita 18 volt cordless impact and it drives these in without breaking a sweat.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

I used some similar type self tapping lags to secure the sill plate on a small shed. Got them at the local Fastenal store. Much easier than piloting the holes and then running them down. They are GRK brand I believe. They’re pretty wicked looking….for a screw.

http://www.grkfasteners.com/en/RSS_1_2_information.htm

I don’t know if they still carry them, but Menards used to have these. I used them to build a raised flower bed and retaining wall out of landscpae timbers about 5 years ago. I reinforced the wall with a couple of dead men and some steel fence posts set inside the timbers and fastened to the backside before we put the fill dirt in.

-- Gerry -- "I don't plan to ever really grow up ... I'm just going to learn how to act in public!"

They sell them at the Menards near me . like said above they are great for deck framing . They work very well . Cordless 18 sinks them nicely .