Andy Bennet wrote:
On 16/08/2020 15:11, Chris Green wrote:
I have just assembled a climbing frame for my grandson and that has
run my stocks of Turbo Ultra screws very low so I'm desperately
looking for alternatives to restock with.

Has anyone else found anything else as good? I want screws with the
same shape as it were as Screwfix Turbo Gold screws but in stainless
steel.

I know Turbo Ultra weren't perfect by any means, the heads are a bit
easy to mangle and they do snap if you overdo things but for general
purpose outdoor screws there's nothing like them IMHO. I do quite a
lot of outdoor joinery, maintaining fences, screwing sheds back
together, etc. and for these sorts of things Turbo Ultra were ideal.

It's easy enough to find stainless wood screws but not with the extra
sharp point and rifled shank that Turbo Ultra had, so, as with Turbo
Gold, you can screw into most wood without any sort of pilot hole.

Any suggestions anyone?


I've used Turbo Gold for all my outside projects, some are over 25 years
old and the screws still seem as good as new.

It must be our closeness to the sea then as my Turbo Gold screws
outdoors are often close to disintegration and they can't be more
than 20 years or so old as we've only been here that long! :-)

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Chris Green
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