Is that 1/4" ehs cable? That would be 6650 tensile strength hanging on 1500# hardware. Part of the BMP's is doing things to industry standard for our own protection from liability
Do you know what the rating is of the hardware store stuff? Most of it that I have seen is 400 to 600 pounds.
Over the years I have only had 1 J lag fail and had the client followed the annual inspection rule I probably wouldn't have happened. The branch did not fail FWIW. If they are placed in...
You really should be using the right hardware, most of what you get at a hardware store is not suitable. Lags are fine depending on species, length, size and angle. No cut and dry answer generally speaking. Have you tried rigguy?
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