<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://boltdepot.com/Fastener-Information/Wood-Screws/Wood-Screw-Pilot-Hole-Size?srsltid=AfmBOoqCs-n86YPOxn1rEw8TB4XXRlmL1LeUD_Foc9paf-SteZSU03c0">https://boltdepot.com/Fastener-Information/Wood-Screws/Wood-Screw-Pilot-Hole-Size?srsltid=AfmBOoqCs-n86YPOxn1rEw8TB4XXRlmL1LeUD_Foc9paf-SteZSU03c0</a> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">EjR </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM Jack Brooks <<a href="mailto:jibrooks@live.com">jibrooks@live.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8809570377908306552">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Team,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I recently moved and can no longer keep my canoe outside. The best place to store this 75 +/- pound canoe is hanging from the ceiling, OVER a car, so I want to be sure I get this right. I have 4, 5/16” Eye Lag Bolts that are going into
the ceiling. One end of the rope will terminate at either a set of cleats on the wall or more eyebolts and the other end suspending the canoe via the Eye Lag Bolts. It overdesigned, but it’s hanging over a car I cherish.
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<p class="MsoNormal">My question is the pilot hole for the 5/16<sup>th</sup> Eye Lag bolt. I am screwing them vertically up into the ceiling’s new 2x4’s, so I am thinking the pilot hole should be a smidge on the tighter side and use soap or paraffin to help
reduce the friction of installing them. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m looking for thoughts on the size of the pilot hole, keeping in mind that while the load is light, it’s a vertical hanging arrangement.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jack<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">p.s. Moving has been a rearranging nightmare. We had a home with three car bays and a 6 foot high paved and dry crawlspace with tons of storage room. I am forcing everything into a two bay garage with an attached single wide, 42 foot
deep bay that will hold our daily driver, two Triumph cars, a Sprinter van and a workbench. I do have some basement storage too. I’m using a lot more vertical storage and it’s getting there………<u></u><u></u></p>
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