Trunking vs tray

[Stuuk1]

I find tray's good for runs along walls, and who the h3ll decided 11mm AF was a good size for the square nuts?

Haha, I have always though that although I always threw them away and got hex nuts and a 10mm socket and adaptor for the drill.

They do however make a 10mm square nut now!

 

[i=p/u]

Don't you hate when someone has mounted trunking on side ??? We angle brackets are good for around edges . Don't do much metal work myself but have job conning up which il use trunking and pay another guy todo bends or il buy them....

 

[i=p/u]

I would get it eventually... But

 

[firespark]

A job I'm currently working on has utilized most forms of containment.
Tray work for SWA cable runs.
Galv Trunking for power and lighting.
Basket for other services (Fire, security BMS and Data)

If i get a chance ill snap a few pics when on site.

 

[i=p/u]

I've seen jobs where the stell pipe just cable tied to basket, is this the norm

 

[Knobhead]

I still can’t work just how you can compare trunking and tray? Each have there own job to do. You use whatever is best suited to the situation.

 

[i=p/u]

Someone said trunking inside , a lot of mod camps here have trunking running outside.. So must be allowed and after good few years it still looks in good nic..

 

[KAS1]

You can't beat a bit of iron fighting or metal munching.

 

[Dcf]

If I'm honest I prefer doing tray to trunking.only downside is it takes time to dress all the cables neatly.ie not crossed over with runs thought out. A throwback from micc days on my part. As a post I did a few weeks back I've just put 20 lengths of medium duty tray in a job and was quite surprised at how flimsy it was compared to a bit from even 15 years ago when I did a lot of the stuff.couple with using a box of tam lite nuts and bolts( worst I've ever used avoid at all costs) it could have been better.for swa micc FTP type cables it's ideal. Twin and earth its too sharp I find.i use a cordless jigsaw for cuts as I would have needed a hot works permit for a grinder .do agree a grinder is ideal for tray...and trunking to a lesser extent

 

[Stuuk1]

The best company in my books are Philip Graham.

The tray is by far the best! The trunking however, I hate the turn buckles, but it's nice rigid, no nonsense stuff.

If you are really stuck, you can measure up the angles and they will make any bend you want for trunking, although not sure on the cost implementation..

If you haven't tried the tray, try it some time, it's awesome!