Pier sled with integral tie wires

A wedge-shaped spacer adapted to hold a metal reinforcing cage away from the sides of a pier hole into which the cage is to be installed, said cage being installed prior to the step of pouring wet concrete into the hole and around the cage, comprising:

• (a) wedge-shaped body of cementitious material having a first surface adapted to be positioned immediately next to an outer surface of a selected member of the reinforcing cage and the body having a second surface which is convex and which projects outwardly where it is adapted to bear against the sides of the hole, and the distance between the first and second surfaces providing a stand-off distance to hold the reinforcing cage away from the sides of the hole, and the angles of intersection between the two ends of the first surface and the convex second surface being acute angles, such that the two ends of the shaped body may be accurately described as pointed when examined in a side elevational view, and further including a concave portion in the first surface of the shaped body, and the concave portion being substantially smaller than the convex second surface, and said concave portion being located so that it may be easily juxtaposed with a spirally wrapped member of the reinforcing cage, and the sides of the shaped body being generally planar, whereby the passage of wet concrete around a vertically oriented shaped body will be facilitated;
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• (b) a plurality of tie wires molded integrally with the shaped body so as to be permanently connected therewith, and the wires having portions which extend outwardly from the shaped body so as to facilitate the step of tying the shaped body to a selected member of the reinforcing cage, and said plurality of tie wires including at least two wires which are oriented longitudinally of the shaped body and at least two other wires which are oriented transversely of the shaped body.