If you're using rebar (this lag bolt thing sounds really good to me), my money is on playa staples (full 180° bend with equal prong lengths): twice the hold, and FAR easier to drive than candy canes. Once both prongs are in the ground, none of that crazy sproinginess.
Oh, and for removing whichever you're using, you can take them out with no more tools than a hook and strap. Position yourself with your groin directly over the piece. Squat down as far as you can, and wrap the strap from the piece, up and around your back at the hip. The idea is to have it as low as possible, with your hips bearing the weight. You can then come up from the squat, using your legs--and your legs alone, NOT your back--to pull it out. You have to see it to believe how effective it is. I showed the technique to someone who had pulled rebar with levers/shovels for years--always a shit of a job. His jaw dropped and he said "You gotta be fuckin' kidding me." On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 8:37 AM Zyg <[email protected]> wrote: > EDIT: I am sorry.. the above should have read "Candy cane it at the 6" > mark for a total of 1 foot under the loop" Spaced for a moment there :- The > rest is good! > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Zyg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh and you may want to use a nice 5 gallon bucket to store all the rebar, >> demo tools and 5 lb sledge. Its nice to keep all that in the same place. >> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Zyg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If you want to use Rebar, use 1/2" and get two long pieces of 1" >>> galvanized water pipe to candy cane them. 3/8" is too weak and bends too >>> easily from sledgehammering. >>> >>> Then, cut them to 3 feet lengths, and candy cane them at the 1 foot mark >>> to about a 30 degree bend. >>> >>> Sink them in an angle away from what you are securing with the stubby >>> end OUT, and make the stubby end and the long end meet at a level triangle >>> on the playa surface. Secure your thing through the now convenient hole, >>> then hammer it all the way down. >>> >>> Pulling them out isn't difficult. Bring a demolition bar and a hunk of >>> 2x4 about 1 foot long to use as a fulcrum, and it takes seconds.. Yank it >>> up and out far enough to be able to twist it, then put the demo bar through >>> the loop and twist it 1/4 turn and then WHOOSH. >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 1:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> If you have the money Playa Staples have worked really well for me. >>>> Probably too close to the burn get them this year though. >>>> >>>> http://www.ironmonkeyarts.org/buy-playa-staples.html >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> [hexayurt] Rebar >>>> From: *Black Rock Hexayurts <[email protected] >>>> <[email protected]>>* >>>> To: hexayurt <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: >>>> Thu, 4 Aug 2016 16:38:47 -0700 (PDT) >>>> Curious what y'all use for rebar, sizes, lenthts, alternatives. >>>> >>>> Currently, I am using 3/8 x 18" and U'ed. >>>> >>>> Thanks, Hal >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "hexayurt" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to hexayurt [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "hexayurt" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
