if you are driving into concrete, I agree with the PK Nails. But I also try to pre-drill or start a pilot hole before doing the PK. Then the trick is to hit the head square and flat and repeatedly. Do not get in a hurry. As long as you keep hitting it, it will finally sink. But if you hit is lopsided, you will bust the head off. The PK Nails are so hardened that they explode.
Now, if you are driving nails in pavement or out on solid ground, I suggest cotton pickers spindles.
They work great and are similar to a PK nail. Just search on the internet, you can find them in lots of places.
Or a 60d nail works too.
It is more expensive but don't have any idea if it is indeed better than mag nail. 😐
Thank you for sharing this. 🙂 :good:
> if you are driving into concrete, I agree with the PK Nails. But I also try to pre-drill or start a pilot hole before doing the PK. Then the trick is to hit the head square and flat and repeatedly. Do not get in a hurry. As long as you keep hitting it, it will finally sink. But if you hit is lopsided, you will bust the head off. The PK Nails are so hardened that they explode.
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> Now, if you are driving nails in pavement or out on solid ground, I suggest cotton pickers spindles.
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> They work great and are similar to a PK nail. Just search on the internet, you can find them in lots of places.
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> Or a 60d nail works too.
> a 60 is maybe a 6" long spike.
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> I use a lot of 12" spikes for traverse points. They are fairly cheap, make a decent mini-monument and are more stable in forest traversing. They aren't very convenient to use in pavement though.
IIRC, the 60 was also a perfect fit with a bluetop. Setting bluetops in base course in the summer - now those were fun times...
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> What's the picture, a drill-hole version of a pincushion farm? 😉
yes, grabbed up from another website. ngs i think. i just wanted a couple quick snapshots to illustrate my application. i KNEW someone would question that very photo. like hitting a meatball out of the park