Designed specifically for attaching wood connectors.
The chart on the right compares the shear values of the fasteners (in lbs.) when installing a metal hanger into wood. These "Steel to Wood" values get larger when the thickness of the steel in the hanger increases from 18 ga to 16 ga.
Our LumberLok LL915 and
LL930 have a shank diameter of 0.162" in the
portion underneath the head which is in the shear plane of the connector and the wood. That 0.162" shank is what allows us to obtain the higher values in shear with metal connectors attached to
wood and compares very favorably
to the 16d Common nail.