We set this rebar October 2011 on an 87 lot subdivision. We went back this week and found this. The plastic part of the hammer-less stakes had also been partially eaten. Obviously, we will be using metal caps from this point forward. Does anyone have an idea what did this. Rat, rabbit? This property is located a little north of Atlanta. We used the hammer-less stakes thinking that the wire and plastic would hold up better than wooden stakes. Besides some being chewed, the ones in direct sunlight had faded and the lot numbers were not legible. We are having to remark each corner with a tall wooden stake. Has anyone else had any of these issues?
We work in the Atlanta area as well, and set all of our corners with yellow plastic caps. I've never seen one chewed up like that. A dog is my guess, because if its not food, I'm not sure a wild animal will bother. As for the fading, ours go in flush with the ground. Leaving them sticking up like that is kind of asking for trouble. Just a lowly party chiefs opinion.
Sorry. You were talking about the stakes fading. I was referring to the pins.
Not sure about the caps...
I know in SW GA, the deer eat flagging and the flag portion of wire flags...
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...
Just about any animal in the wild will chew on it - squirrels, deer, hogs, dogs, even the neighborhood kids if not properly supervised.
that looks more like a dog chewed on the rpc. The rodent teeth marks on caps usually cleaner- more sharply defined.
> Does anyone have an idea what did this. Rat, rabbit?
I'm thinking realtor. If there's a sale pending, expect a call from them a day before closing.
I see this often. I wouldn't think it tastes that great...
>Obviously, we will be using metal caps from this point forward.
What is the cost difference?
Raccoon. They are all over the place. They love plastic and rubber. I cannot keep a garden hose. I have recipes.
Hard to say which varmit type did it; metal caps are way better and the lot#'s stenciled on them make a huge difference.
Believe it or not ....
we had a job in the woods where we used aluminum caps on rebar. A couple of years later we were in there again and squirls had chewed around the edge of almost all of the caps. I assume they found it convenient to keep their front teeth ground down.
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What has been gnawing - ditto Mr. File
I've seen a lot of that and stuff like squirrels gnawing are more like shave-marks.
I thought it would be redundant to use rat and realtor in the same sentence.
$1.49 vs $0.39. Knowing that I have done my best to provide good monumentation Priceless.
Levi please don't think of yourself as a "lowly party chief". Your position is as and in some case more important than anyone. You guys are not paid enough or given enough credit. I always considered my party chiefs to be my lifeline. Now that I am my on party chief, my opinion has only gotten greater.
BTW This corner was in a field covered with small pine trees. I always leave the pins in the woods or brush up at least two inches. I set pins in an established lawn flush. The reason we went back to the site is they are going to bush hog and we wanted to be sure the corners were welled marked, which they were not.
[sarcasm]"Could be them hungry lowballers"[/sarcasm]
I was trying to be as non-abrasive as I could about it. Looking at the pic the first time, it looked like it was sticking up 6" or more. Looking at it again, the camera was just zoomed in close. My apologies.
Rodents
Rats, mice, squirrels raccoons and the like.