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Stake Whiskers
Posted by james-fleming on January 25, 2023 at 2:46 pmI’m looking for less common colors…purple, light and dark green/blue for a solar project that needs about 20 different color combinations to mark the different post size/depth/type.
Any ideas?
jitterboogie replied 1 year, 8 months ago 10 Members · 15 Replies -
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https://stakechasers.com/collections/stake-chasers
You’re probably going to have a hard time finding anything other than the standard APWA colors that utility companies use.
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I don??t know, but since you can get flagging in most any color, stripe and dot; use flagging stakes. You can also write all of those specifics on the stake. If you have a field person that can write Spanish, your contractor will love you. Good luck.
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You’re probably going to have a hard time finding anything other than the standard APWA colors that utility companies use.
The client’s not small- they build utility scale solar nationwide; I told them if they are doing this elsewhere find out where your other surveyors are getting these colors.
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use flagging stakes. You can also write all of those specifics on the stake.
The industry standard for solar construction is to use color coded whiskers on 60d nails; then the installer coordinates the post type and length to the color code.
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Ok, I understand that; the worker sees dark magenta and knows which item to pull off off the truck, how high to leave it and which direction to point it; sees a light magenta and does something totally different.
My brother worked for US Home, building huge subdivisions with four homes; the blue one, the green one, the red one and the yellow one. Any time there was a question with the slab, stairs, or roof; all he had to say was ?the blue one? and everyone know what to do.
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I used pink whiskers and put a lath next to it so the construction guys have targets! Then come back and restake, and restake, and restake……
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@scotland It’s the old joke…if your lost in the woods just set a stake marked “Control Point – Please Save”. Then in five or ten minutes when the loader operator knock it out, just follow him.
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Spray paint them any color you need in batches?
Or just spray the stakes
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Get some of that plaid paint to be outstanding.
was leaning more either azure, aqua or maybe teal. Turquoise would be nice for tht personalized touch.
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I used pink whiskers and put a lath next to it so the construction guys have targets! Then come back and restake, and restake, and restake……
Chaching chaching chaching
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