Cotton spikes

I'll take a single one just for a conversation piece. Not very likely any of my friends would have a clue what it is.

I wish I lived closer, they are handy!

N

I've never found one for a corner, even though I have one on my desk, but man, sometimes I wish I did have one. You can pound them through just about anything. Like a PK nail on crack.

How many in a pound Dublin? BTW, we call those gin spikes in So Calif.

cotton gin spindles, is what we call them up here in the mill country..

What would the shipping be for say, 20 of those?

Surveysc

Go flat rate with USPS. When I'm out in the bush, my office will mail me 50# of 6" spikes in a flat rate. Cheaper than freight!

-JD-

Bay Area dudes refer to them as cotton spindles. Funny to see the small tweaking of the terms.

I went out and did a reverify on a survey once, and was paid in Cotton Picker Spindles. Another surveyor had done the land next to our parcel, and did not find the corner that was buried 2 feet deep, but used the goat stake about 50 feet away. We supsected that is what he did when we got the call from our client. After pointing this out to the other surveyor, he agreeded with our survey, and chastised his crew for not looking harder for the monument.

I took 5 five gallon buckets with me, and the farmer had five more. We loaded them up and put them in the chariot, a Ford E 300 van, powered by a 300 CID six. There was one BIG hill between there and my house on the freeway. I hit it at top speed, 65 MPH, and when I got to the top, we were traveling at a full 35 MPH. We probably had 1200 lbs of extra weight in the van.

I bought a few (maybe a dozen?) when I got all my my stuff from Hayes Equipment in Oct. 09. It goes to say that I have not been all that busy yet (but getting busier), and been in a situation that I could set one (asphalt, etc.). I look forward to setting one though!!

I can get them around here, but they are kinda expensive with my sources.

They are useful for many reasons, especially a benchmark in a tree or power pole.

I am running a little short of supply, so how much would it cost me for about 50 of them?

Email is current.

Thanks,

Randy

Cotton picker spindles

I call them the same as Mr. Corley does.

Cotton picker spindles / FYI

Interesting info.

http://www.cottonpickerspindlecleaner.com/

Cotton picker spindles / FYI

I use 12" bridge or boat spikes. They make great traverse points. Those cotton spindles would be too short for forest work. The 12" spikes penetrate the upper 3 or 4 inches of loose stuff.

Cotton picker spindles

I would only use them wood or asphalt, and only in asphalt that in not real cold, they will shatter if hit hard enough.

I have prices for spindles which includes flat rate shipping. This makes it easy to ship anywhere in the US.

Shoot me an email and I will foward you the prices.

I could take 100 to 500 of them, depending on the price. Please send me a quote. Thank you!
Dan Johnson
Aspen Land Surveying LLC
Gig Harbor, Washington
danjohnson@aspenland.com

I did some work at Sherard about a week ago. Too bad I hadn't known then, or I would have come by to pick up a few of them. I'll probalby be back eventually, so maybe I could contact you then. You may remember I bought a few from you some time ago. I still have a lot of them, but I'd like to have more.

Andrew,
I would be interested in buying up to a couple thousand of them. They are not too hard to come by here in North Carolina but if you have a lot I would ride out there to get them or we could work some shipping out. We usually buy them by the 5 gal bucket for $20 a bucket or so. Just let me know what you think and we will see if we can work something out.