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Posted by JayWalt on February 09, 2007 at 19:29:23 from (70.226.20.153):
In Reply to: Re: Should I? posted by nobody on February 09, 2007 at 16:41:34:
Yup. My dad is the mantainence forman for a local quarry, he actually works for a dif company, but is contracted out. There is a time and a place for grade 8 bolts. They rebuilt one of their towers with all grade 8 bolts. Well needless to say, they were replacing bolts left and right. Dad suggested using grade 5 bolts, they laughed. So dad was the one responsible for changing them, so he put grade 5 bolts in, after about 2 years he had them all changed and no more breaking bolts. Grade 8 bolts are too brittle for a stone crusher, the vibration just snaps them.
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