They're holding up just fine, even after a long period of sitting. Most others would be dry rotted to hell and back.
Today, I deliberately drove through two containers of roofing nails spread across the road. It was the way least likely to cause a collision, as the other drivers around me were behaving erratically.
15 roofing nails were pulled in a parking lot. Not a single one made it far enough in to cause any issues at all, and these were longer than I remember roofing nails being. Maybe they were for some purpose with which I am unfamiliar.
Regardless, that's what they looked like, and they were about an inch and a quarter long and quite sharp.
All of them bent when they got past the soft outer tread section. I was pretty sure that's what would happen, but I still pulled over to check, as the fellow in the DII with me placed a bet that all four were punctured.
None of them were.
Now, lots of big meats will survive things like that, but these are only 265/75R16. I've had BFGs punctured in the same size, with the same nails; whatever the hell they're for.
I did roofs for a while, but I don't recall those nails. They did have the plastic rings, but they seemed to be longer. Anyone know what they might have been, or has it just been too long for me to remember how long a roofing nail is supposed to be?
Cheers,
Kennith
Today, I deliberately drove through two containers of roofing nails spread across the road. It was the way least likely to cause a collision, as the other drivers around me were behaving erratically.
15 roofing nails were pulled in a parking lot. Not a single one made it far enough in to cause any issues at all, and these were longer than I remember roofing nails being. Maybe they were for some purpose with which I am unfamiliar.
Regardless, that's what they looked like, and they were about an inch and a quarter long and quite sharp.
All of them bent when they got past the soft outer tread section. I was pretty sure that's what would happen, but I still pulled over to check, as the fellow in the DII with me placed a bet that all four were punctured.
None of them were.
Now, lots of big meats will survive things like that, but these are only 265/75R16. I've had BFGs punctured in the same size, with the same nails; whatever the hell they're for.
I did roofs for a while, but I don't recall those nails. They did have the plastic rings, but they seemed to be longer. Anyone know what they might have been, or has it just been too long for me to remember how long a roofing nail is supposed to be?
Cheers,
Kennith
