Rawlbolts for Load Bars to Concrete

[shields kaiser]

Morning all,

I have Tru-test HD5T load bars to bolt into Concrete to finish our handling system.
They appear to require M16 bolts.

Anyone have previous experience on doing such a job, and what is the best Rawlbolt/Rawlplugs to use?

Pretty simple job, but I dont want to make an arse of it,
cheers

 

[Bury the Trash]

I think im right in saying that the 'feet' shouldnt be fixed ridgid for the cells to work properly. ?
Ours isnt anyway although their is a crate/ tray bolted to the actual bars.


For bolting stuff to concrete we now use 'concrete bolts', easier to fix and stronger than rawls ime..... just use the correct sized drill bit and clean the dust out of the hole before screwing the bolt in .

 

[Timbo]

Epoxy resin inserts ??

 

[Lincs Lass]

Either rawl bolts or spax thunderbolts, they are much easier to put in, drill a hole and turn them in,, phenomenal grip

 

[shields kaiser]

Epoxy resin inserts ??

The thought did run through my head, but wondered if that would be "too solid" a fixing?

 

[PostHarvest]

I used to install fixed equipment. 30 years ago we dropped Rawbolts and changed to Parabolts or similar from Fischer. You could also use Fischer concrete screws. Both are cheaper than Rawbolts, need a much smaller diameter hole and hold a greater load.

 

[shields kaiser]

I think im right in saying that the 'feet' shouldnt be fixed ridgid for the cells to work properly. ?
Ours isnt anyway although their is a crate/ tray bolted to the actual bars.


For bolting stuff to concrete we now use 'concrete bolts', easier to fix and stronger than rawls ime..... just use the correct sized drill bit and clean the dust out of the hole before screwing the bolt in .

Cheers! Will get the Mrs' Dyson out for the dust

 

[Lincs Lass]

Cheers! Will get the Mrs' Dyson out for the dust

Or the air line but stand back

 

[shields kaiser]

I used to install fixed equipment. 30 years ago we dropped Rawbolts and changed to Parabolts or similar from Fischer. You could also use Fischer concrete screws. Both are cheaper than Rawbolts, need a much smaller diameter hole and hold a greater load.

Top info thanks! I've used fischer plasterboard rawlplugs and they are the dogs boll*cks compared to all other similar products.

 

[Pond digger]

I used to install fixed equipment. 30 years ago we dropped Rawbolts and changed to Parabolts or similar from Fischer. You could also use Fischer concrete screws. Both are cheaper than Rawbolts, need a much smaller diameter hole and hold a greater load.

I just wonder about corrosion of the threads with these screw-in fixings. Will they still have a good hold in 10 or 20 years? Then again, rust does expand.

 

[quavers]

thunder bolt is another , dont get hung up on a trade name they all do a similar job but prices vary with the name , hilti do there own version but expensive

 

[Whits]

We use stainless threaded bar and resin for bolting our crush down. No problems undoing nuts if needed.

 

[willie waver]

I put in tru-test load bars about 12-13 years ago. I just used whatever random rawlbolts the ironmonger gave me. haven't given me the slightest problem in all those years