I was marking some stuff with those 18" wire flags yesterday and they're kind of a pain in the butt to carry. I had them in the back zipper pocket of my Seco vest, which was ok, but a little carrier might be better. Does anybody know of one? I saw one that's like a mini stake bag, but I imagine they'd fall out of there quite a lot. I was thinking more like a PVC tube with a cap on the end and a karabiner to hook it onto the belt or something like that....
I've made similar carrier as stated but used a laptop shoulder strap pop riveted to top of tube.
It just hangs around the neck/ shoulders.
Can be strung up easily if needed.
I'm a little old fashion and still walk around with the 4' bottom half of an old worn out range pole (a really good cane and walking stick); two dozen pin flags fit nicely in the top.....But I have the luxury of paying someone to walk with me and carry the rover.
I would think an old machete sheath might fit the bill. You're welcome to come dig around in the back of any of my trucks...there's more crap like that back there than I care to think about. 😉
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I can see the benefits and draw backs of this.
Zip-tie or hose clamp a short section of 3/4" to 1" ID PVC pipe to the rover/prism pole.
Dan Patterson, post: 351056, member: 1179 wrote: I was marking some stuff with those 18" wire flags yesterday and they're kind of a pain in the butt to carry. I had them in the back zipper pocket of my Seco vest, which was ok, but a little carrier might be better. Does anybody know of one? I saw one that's like a mini stake bag, but I imagine they'd fall out of there quite a lot. I was thinking more like a PVC tube with a cap on the end and a karabiner to hook it onto the belt or something like that....
Be careful about livestock with wire flags, we stopped using them after they killed 5 bulls.
Just glad it was the rancher who requested using them...........
Wire flags..........hate 'em.
I attach them to monuments I set. Never did like just poking them into the ground except temporary.
Found a pouch for them many years ago at Gander Mountain (was something to hold a flashlight) and lined it with a beer can for years until I found a plastic phone riser that fit into the pouch.
It has a strap with a ring and a clip that fits on a belt.
Dan Patterson, post: 351056, member: 1179 wrote: I was marking some stuff with those 18" wire flags yesterday and they're kind of a pain in the butt to carry. I had them in the back zipper pocket of my Seco vest, which was ok, but a little carrier might be better. Does anybody know of one? I saw one that's like a mini stake bag, but I imagine they'd fall out of there quite a lot. I was thinking more like a PVC tube with a cap on the end and a karabiner to hook it onto the belt or something like that....
I usually just wrap the rubber band that comes around the flags around the wires just under the flag and stick them under my belt and thru a belt loop.
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I feel like they would dump all over the place when you bend over with that one....
PVC drain extensions work well especially zip tied to a bucket, also with a short rod and a decent amount of weight in the bucket they will stand the rod up but you have to be on fairly level ground. I find the drain sections better because of the flanges.
I use flagging to tie the flags to our prism pole or rover pole. I take 50 or so flags and put them right below the level vial and wrap flagging around the length of the wire, keeps them handy for the rod man whenever staking out, whether we are using GPS or total station. Need a flag, just grab the top of one and pull it up along the rod. Total cost, about 4 feet of flagging.
I have used an arrow quiver for this and it worked pretty well
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That looks like what I found at Gander Mountain, except mine is camo.
It will be much better with something that fits tight as an insert, especially at the bottom, because those wire flags have sharp edges
Yea maybe the insert would help. I use lath and or hubs about 99% of the time, but for loose stuff with tons of points I tend to use flags. Most recently I was laying out farm edge posts that delineate where the cultivated field stops and the grass nature trail begins. It's all one property so it's not really a boundary line or anything like that. The farmers lease the fields on this lot from the county and the rest is a park with nature trails everywhere. Anyway there were quite a few of these points which is why I wanted to find a way to carry more than one loose bundle of 100 flags.
The standard belt loop works fairly well as a scabbard.
You mentioned the farmer approved wire, but personally I'd be concerned for odd, short bits wire being left about on a farm.
Machinery picks it up and it can fly anywhere.
Mower and baler, chopped up in a hay bale.
Cow's or horses getting it stuck in their feet.
Despite his approval I'd still question it with him and highlight any risks.
I once mowed over the top of a short piece of fence wire and it flicked up and straight through a tyre.
Bamboo canes (tree guard stakes) about 10mm Ìü could be an alternative.
Dan Patterson, post: 351056, member: 1179 wrote: a pain in the butt to carry.
It's a new year. Get this problem solved in 2015, and you will be a happier man!
or Google "welding rod pouch". The problem may be finding one deep enough to hold the pinflags. It may be better to stop by a local welding supply with a handfull of flags and try one out.
James