Rob...
I'm sure that everyone already knows, but just a reminder...
Be very careful with bobby pine, staples, wire, or what ever you use...
A lawn mower, given the oppportunity to snag one, will send a lethal
projectile where ever it wants to. All it needs to do is catch the staple or
the radial and use it to fling the device. I've seen similar stuff thrown
completely through a wall from outside to inside a house on the floor!
Dan W7IDG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Radial Staples
> Mike,
>
> If the bobby pins fail to go in, in some places, give the barb wire fence
> staples a try. The prongs are so thick and sharp you can smash them in
> with
> a hammer. I have a lot of junk below grade here too and they work. of
> course it's also true that with radials, if there is resistance you can
> always move the anchor a foot one way or the other. I don't know if ur
> ground freezes or not but up here the fence staples punch through frozen
> crust no problem.
>
> rob/k5uj
>
>
>
> <<<The sod staples are more work to get into the hard rocky ground around
> here
> and also way overkill to hold a piece of 20 or 22 guage wire down.
> Possibly
> in FL with the soil being somewhat sandy it would be very easy to use the
> sod staples and also possibly need something that large to stay in the
> ground. You would think they would have to be more expensive than bobbie
> pins just looking at the amount metal in sod staples versus bobbies. I
> have
> priced sod staples at Lowes and there is no comparison price wise to
> bobbies.
> 73 Mike K4PI >>>
>
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