On 31 Mar 2008, at 19:08, Roger Millin wrote:
> Personally I always try to find the closest aperture to the ground
> anchor rod and buried piling plate, if at all possible, as that has
> two advantages:
> 1. The load is distributed well back from the edge of the piling as
> the tie rod is designed to restrain the outward movement of the
> piling, far more load than my boat can impose on the structure.
> 2. The armco linking beam won't get opened up from the piling sheet
> by the pull of the piling hook as it is firmly linked to the piling
> at that point. This prevents the need to have to get the lump hammer
> out in the morning to free your piling hook from its jammed location
> between the two.
>
Don't spoil it Roger - you're bringing a note of experience and common
sense to this parade of dogmatic laying down of the law!
It's no fun when you do that ;-}}}}
––
All the best
Bruce
"Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into
the green valleys of silliness.” Ludwig Wittgenstein
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
