{"id":882,"date":"2019-08-22T11:45:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:40:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T14:40:20","slug":"rack-studs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/22\/rack-studs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rack Studs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rackstuds.com\">Rackstuds<\/a> are one of those things that you didn&#8217;t know you needed until you first get some. Cage nuts have caused me more pain than just about any other non-powered piece of hardware I&#8217;ve ever used. I&#8217;ve been pinched, bled and even hit in the nose(they can fly I tell you) by cage nuts. What&#8217;s that you say there&#8217;s a tool to put them in with? Yes, I know, but that tool has caused me as many injuries as the cage nuts themselves. 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