[TowerTalk] RADIAL STAPLES

[W0UN -- John Brosnahan]

At 08:03 PM 9/14/2005, kd4e wrote:
> > 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
>
>
>Anyone seen plastic sod staples?
>
>Sure would seem to make more sense than metal -- no rust --
>and easily made from recycled materials.


My radials are usually heavier wire, sometimes copperweld with its
springiness and memory.  So when I needed staples that would not
rust (heavy ones for a drip irrigation system and light ones for radials)
I just bought stainless steel welding rods and cut and bent them as
desired.  This is basically filler rods, but you could probably buy smaller
diameter stainless steel wire feed rod and make small ones.

Certainly overkill, but then that is what makes it fun for me.

--John  W0UN