Pins or bolts?
I was under the opposite impression--that spigots made for a stronger connection than end plates.... Light loads, pins are faster. Heavy duty loads, bolts are stronger. ...
Should have read:Light loads, pins are faster. Heavy duty loads, bolts are stronger. We have both and use them accordingly.
Not working with much truss these days, but of course I have an opinion. When working with less experienced crew, the plated truss was easier in that you could just roll the pieces of truss to get your correct pattern as opposed to having to switch the ends of the truss in cramped space of load in. Also, when on the road and some knucklehead loses some of your pins, well, the bolts would have been easier to replace in short order. Personally glad I am not working in those situations at the moment.
And good luck finding a grade 8 bolt that size at the local big box.
Ace is usually my go to place for a lot of strange or harder to find things. They stock a lot of weird stuff.
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problem with stocking pins is each truss manufacture is different, Bolts are relatively cheap and if they are a show that would need spares or large enough to warrant truss in theater they'll have a runner and they'll send the runner to go get bolts. We had one group not have enough steel for their rigging and $1000 later and a run to our local rigging supply they had everything they needed.
It may be stacked on the truck right, but the crew still may not get it in on stage or the ballroom in that same order. I have often stated that some of the labor companies only requirement for getting hired is whether or not you can afford a wrench before the work call (from the Dollar Store I'm sure). And yes, these were some of the national companies who staff many of the major arenas around the country.It should be stacked to come off in order in the right direction. And good luck finding a grade 8 bolt that size at the local big box.
Also, I don't always trust the hardware from the big box stores even when not rigging. True I have been working in larger cities, so good hardware stores have always been available.
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