Pine knot in rock pile.
Is not the same as whole subdivisions, staked with 1"x2" pine stakes.
IF a monument of substance was set... It was set by client.
Now, we have an odd pedigree for that corner. And, when we hunt for anything, well, there is nothing, except occasional landowner set monuments.
I tried to work a whole subdivision, of this sort recently. Not good.
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Dan B. Robison, post: 430932, member: 34 wrote: Dang Nate,
Ol' Ed Banks and Floyd Weaver used wood monuments on thousands of surveys...some of those pine knots have been in place for 80 years! I consider those old Dierks Lumber and Coal Company 'real' Surveyors!
DDSM
Dan
You probably know who he is talking about, I used to occasionally run into some of his stuff in Scott and Logan counties, he was a retired government employee. May not be the same one.
Nate The Surveyor, post: 430830, member: 291 wrote: "Real" surveyors set metal rods, and caps. (often with wood stk to help client find them)
"Fake" surveyors only set wood stks.
This use of non permanent markers is a means of limiting lliability.
I set wood and return and replace with concrete. I cannot trust rod and cap on this sandbar.
Do you set rebar for property line? I set wood.
We paint some stakes white and set them to witness the concrete.
Back to the OP. I want to say we pay around .80 per 4 foot, 1"x1" hardwood stake delivered, but I can look it up. Seems like a lot for a big toothpick. You will want at least one side smooth, but if all 4 are smooth it would be a selling point. To note, we are a good 4 hour drive for the guy delivering.
I honestly can't fathom any surveyor this day and age not setting something metallic with an identification cap marked by a wood stake with flagging.
Around here we use a 4' lath more than stakes.
TXSurveyor, post: 431043, member: 6719 wrote: I honestly can't fathom any surveyor this day and age not setting something metallic with an identification cap marked by a wood stake with flagging.
I hear there are places down in the swamp lands where the salt water will destroy a metal stake faster than a wood one.
I use them for construction stakeout. I and everyone else in this area use oak not pine.
I usually buy a variety of shape and size hubs and wedges. Then I will buy 36" lath 3/8" thick x 1 5/8" wide.
A bundle of 50 of those 36" lath are $23.
2x2x9" hubs pointed on the end come in bundles of 25 for $20
2x2x9" wedges are 50 per bundle for $20.
Sometimes I get 12" or 18" ones if the ground it really soft.
I am not in a position to comment on the OP's original post so I'm going to skip this thread and continue on my merry way. Have a good day. 😉
I use Quickstakes. They cost $31-35, depending on how many you order, for a box of 100. You can carry that many
in one hand.
You might try marketing them out west. As another poster noted, we're pretty much reduced to softwoods out here. I'd have definitely paid a little more to have oak hubs during my construction staking days.
