Purchased a huge box of these nails 10 years ago they are like p.k nails but bigger. anyone know what they were orginally for . I have enough to last the rest of my life . Think I gave 20 bucks for the box . The have a waffle head so the pole will not slip off. Easy to find .
Hope the pictures come in.
> Purchased a huge box of these nails 10 years ago they are like p.k nails but bigger. anyone know what they were orginally for. I have enough to last the rest of my life . Think I gave 20 bucks for the box. The have a waffle head so the pole will not slip off. Easy to find.
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> Hope the pictures come in.
VDOT had these same type of nails for everyday stuff. Had to use them even in grass/yards. They were some type of special roofing nail, as I remember. They weren't bad in asphalt or on a hard shoulder, but they downright sucked in soft soil.
There about as long as a P.K. but thicker . I use them as p.k. nails . I can drill a hole in sidewalk and drive them home make great control or monumention.
I have been trying to find more for others but have not found any .
Do they fly away from the hammer when struck wrong when starting them as well as the PK nails? Learn early to do some blocking of body parts when starting PK's.
jud
we had a 60d nail we named after a former crew member... the nail was more ambitious and useful....
I am fairly certain I have some old documentation somewhere that Parker Kalon made these.
That's a Masonry Nail. When I first started surveying we would drive them in the center-line of the road to mark the chord lines along the road and then drive PK's where the property tied to the road. We still use them some for traverse points in asphalt or to set a point in asphalt or concrete on construction staking jobs. You can buy them by the pound at the hardware store.
Never seen them at hardware store
We call them Waffle heads.
That nail's name is sue.:-)
nail found
Masonary nails
that went by names of Hilti nail or Ramset nail.
I mentioned them in post below on substitute for lead plug in concrete.
RADU
> > Purchased a huge box of these nails 10 years ago they are like p.k nails but bigger. anyone know what they were orginally for. I have enough to last the rest of my life . Think I gave 20 bucks for the box. The have a waffle head so the pole will not slip off. Easy to find.
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> > Hope the pictures come in.
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> VDOT had these same type of nails for everyday stuff. Had to use them even in grass/yards. They were some type of special roofing nail, as I remember. They weren't bad in asphalt or on a hard shoulder, but they downright sucked in soft soil.
The nail is a Parker Kalon: Ramset. Setting a nail in soil of any type is fairly ridiculous. (even for the Dept. of transporation) These particular P.K.'s aren't very practical for horizontal position as the head has no real discernable center. Personaly I would only use them for a verticle turn/station set in asphalt or concrete, as these are relatively to short to set properly in a pole. Mr. Correll, one would hope now that you have left the DOT, and have your own firm, that you do not set nails in soil...LOL
I always called them fluted masonry nails.
Better strike true and hard on the first hit else they go flying big time.
Also if you need to drive one in a finished curb, you would be wise to drill a pilot hole lest you make take a big chunk out of it. Just trust me on that one.:-O
it's a P(re) K Nail
OK, bad guess.
it's a P(re) K Nail
The head of it looks like a roofing nail or for steel siding from the early '80's.