I thought I would add to the many post concernign radial installation. I do
not know if it is a unique approach or not, but I don't remember seeing what I
am doing mentioned.
I found that just running out a radial and pinning it just doesn't work for
me. I have thick grass and the radial is held above the dirt and in harms way.
I found cutting fence wire and bending it into staples to be time consuming
and tend to make the fingers sore after a couple hundred. I liked the bobbie
pin approach, but I was paying a dollar for a card of 100 and quickly exhausted
the local supply of cheap bobbie pin (no joke). Didn't have time to wait for
them to be shipped to me. What I came up with that is working really well for
me is papper clips and a weed whacker.
I found if you hold your weed whacker upside down that the cutting cord is
easily held vertically to the ground. It is quick and easy to cut a 1/2 - 3/4
inch channel in the sod down to the dirt and along side of a radial laying on
the grass. The papper clip is quickly made into a "J" hook and the radial
pinned out of harms way against the dirt. The papper clips are $5 for a 1000
at Staples office supply. I made a 150 "J" hooks last night while watching one
show on TV.
It works for me. Hope it helps someone else.
Pat, K8PC
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