Screwing a Heavy Load

[RatLabGuy]

It's a marketer's dream. "Hey, let's come up with a proprietary head so we can make more on that too!"

Helps justify the pricing. "It's got to be good, you can't even use a regular bit".

1 is $1.24
12 are .96 each ($11.46)
50 are .38 each ($18.97)
500 are .25 each ($124.25)

that's for the fasteners? Holy shitmonkey. What could they possibly do that a Torx will not?
Does each box come w/ some lube for your ass too?

 

[TARider]

that's for the fasteners? Holy shitmonkey. What could they possibly do that a Torx will not?
Does each box come w/ some lube for your ass too?

Yep, it's insane. Structural screws in general are pricey. Take a look at GRK and Simpson as well. Can't imagine doing a large scale project with them.

 

[TARider]

Need to do some sanding and put tung oil on the boards but here's what I wound up with.

 

[Fabrik8]

It's a marketer's dream. "Hey, let's come up with a proprietary head so we can make more on that too!"

Helps justify the pricing. "It's got to be good, you can't even use a regular bit".

1 is $1.24
12 are .96 each ($11.46)
50 are .38 each ($18.97)
500 are .25 each ($124.25)

I think it's probably because they couldn't license the Torx Plus profile, or didn't want to pay to license it. So they created their own which is similar. The Torx patent expired a long time ago I think, so you can use that profile but not the Torx name.