Also PM Andrew with this request. I don't know how often he checks this site anymore. His grandfather gave him 300 acres of prime farm land and he has gone from being a surveyor to a "Gentleman Farmer". That may be "out of the frying pan into the fire", but evidently he likes it.
He's probably collected a lot more of the spindles in the mean time. I imagine he spends most of his time polishing them up now. Now that he has "staff" and can kick back.:-O
Why are there so many gin/cotton spindle spikes in the world?
Do they only get used once in whatever they are made for?
They look expensive to make, too.
(I call them gear spikes.)
Man, I hate to turn down business....But your getting a heck of a better price than I can sell them at. These things get heavy pretty quick, it cost a lot of money to ship them.
Well, well, well....
I still am keeping an eye on beerleg, I want to make sure you aren't talking bad about dublin8300 on here.
I wouldn't use the word gentleman and farmer in the same sentence, at least not on our farm... I need about a month to finish harvesting and I'll be paying you a visit..
These are a very common use/find here in PHX,AZ as would could imagine with all the cotton farms.They hold great,even in the heat.
> These things get heavy pretty quick, it cost a lot of money to ship them.
JD Juelson's advice to ship USPS Flat Rate sounds like a great way to minimize shipping costs.
Jim, you are right. That's how I have been shipping them.
Once the "barbs" or teeth wear down on the spindle they will not pull the cotton out of the cotton boll. They are kinda like a magic marker, when it's used up, it's done!
Sounds like some surveyors that I know. 😛
hello VC ive been surveying here in phoenix since 1984 and have always had cotton spindles in my trucks but since economy dropped in 2008 hadnt given them much thought till i used my last one yesterday now im in panic mode used to give farmer john 12pk of COORS in exchange for 5 gal bucket but most of them i dealt with are no longer drinkers lol you know where i get my hands on some without costing me arm and leg? i dont work for gold mine ya know i just pound hubs in ground pointy end down thanks fred pylat sage land surveying 480-306-0348
> ... you know where i get my hands on some without costing me arm and leg?
Baseline Equipment
> > ... you know where i get my hands on some without costing me arm and leg?
> Baseline Equipment
I guess one man's good deal is another man's arm-and-a-leg. $0.89 per spindle sounds pretty darn expensive to me.
> ... $0.89 per spindle sounds pretty darn expensive to me.
The way I read it is $0.89 for 100.
> The way I read it is $0.89 for 100.
I don't think so...
I think you are right. I stand corrected.
Still, $0.89 isn't that much for really skookum survey monuments. Bernsten Plugs, which have roughly the same amount of metal, are triple that cost. If you didn't know that they can be had by the bucket for the hauling in cotton country, would it seem so expensive?
Mark Mayer, post: 318877, member: 424 wrote: I think you are right. I stand corrected.
Still, $0.89 isn't that much for really skookum survey monuments. Bernsten Plugs, which have roughly the same amount of metal, are triple that cost. If you didn't know that they can be had by the bucket for the hauling in cotton country, would it seem so expensive?
Just came across this post.
We run the spindles on sale from time to time. When you need some call me directly and I will give you the sale price.
Dave Lindell, post: 224352, member: 55 wrote: Why are there so many gin/cotton spindle spikes in the world?
Do they only get used once in whatever they are made for?
They look expensive to make, too.
(I call them gear spikes.)
They literally pick the cotton and they only last one season. That's why around NE Arkansas we call the cotton picker spindles or CPS for short.
Send me the prices.
I'll be picking them up.
If you find a cotton gin they'll gladly let you haul as many as you can carry.
My new thing is rail road spikes. I walk down rail roads hunting them.
send me an email on the costs for some of those cotton pickers. We use them for control all the time.
