Re: Topband: Lawn staples

2022-02-22 Thread Marshall Toburen
Home Depot also sells "Landscaping Stapes". 6 in. x 1 in. x 6 in. Sod Staples (300-Piece per Bag) for about $26 + tax On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 4:02 PM Mark - N5OT wrote: > I think I gave $18 for a box of 1000 at a hamfest in Joplin MO a couple > years ago. > > Honestly, I can't believe how

Re: Topband: Lawn staples

2022-02-22 Thread MICHAEL ST ANGELO
Gene, My inverted L is at teh edge of my lawn. I have 35 radials in a 200 degress radius in the wooded arear of my yard. I add 6 more radials in the grassy area of my yard in November when finished with the mowing and remove them in the spring. I measure the impedance before and after. The

Re: Topband: Lawn staples

2022-02-22 Thread Mark - N5OT
I know how big a staple gun is for 1/4" staples. Is one for 6" staples 24x larger?  That would be big.  Is it pneumatic? Mark On 2/22/2022 4:09 PM, Ken Claerbout wrote: Areas of my yard have a lot of stone. Six inch staples were a pain to use. Four inch worked better, in case you have

Re: Topband: Lawn staples

2022-02-22 Thread Ken Claerbout
Areas of my yard have a lot of stone. Six inch staples were a pain to use. Four inch worked better, in case you have similar soil. Also, if you are going to install a bunch of them, do yourself a favor and buy the staple driver tool which makes it a breeze. 73 Ken K4ZW On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at

Re: Topband: Lawn staples

2022-02-22 Thread Mark - N5OT
I think I gave $18 for a box of 1000 at a hamfest in Joplin MO a couple years ago. Honestly, I can't believe how cool turf staples are, or that I didn't use them for all the years before that. They really are the easy button on putting down radials on the ground.  I use a mower to get the

Re: Topband: Lawn staples

2022-02-22 Thread Jim Brown
On 2/22/2022 12:12 PM, Gene Smar via Topband wrote: HongWay 6 Inch Galvanized Landscape Staples 360 Packs Garden Stakes. I'm happy with the box I bought from DX Eng several months ago. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Lawn staples

2022-02-22 Thread Gene Smar via Topband
I retired a couple of years ago and no longer have to launder my white dress shirts.  Therefore, I no longer have a ready supply of wire shirt hangers collecting in my closet.  Therefore, I needed to buy some REAL lawn staples to add more radials to my shunt-fed tower's ground screen.  FYI -