Driveway markers

[ruffdog]

I have a post pounder I use for the t-posts and I made a smaller post pounder for the fiberglass stakes. Two feet of black pipe with a cap drives them unless you hit a rock. A colorful beer/soda can stuck on top of the fiberglass post works great as a marker.

 

[Fallon]

How long to the fiberglass rods last most people? The 2-3 batches I have get nasty after 1 season. Glass fibers hanging out like a porcupine. Touch them without a glove (or sometimes even with one) an your hand is itching for days.

 

[ruffdog]

How long to the fiberglass rods last most people? The 2-3 batches I have get nasty after 1 season. Glass fibers hanging out like a porcupine. Touch them without a glove (or sometimes even with one) an your hand is itching for days.

^^^Yes, this is the MAJOR problem with the fiberglass rods. I have an old pair of heavy welding gloves that I handle them with. Even then, I don't slide my hands along the length.

 

[Ford850]

How long to the fiberglass rods last most people? The 2-3 batches I have get nasty after 1 season. Glass fibers hanging out like a porcupine. Touch them without a glove (or sometimes even with one) an your hand is itching for days.

Most of mine are 12 years old and still have the vinyl caps on top. I don't hammer them in, so they are not splintered at all. A few years ago they were getting really faded so I spray painted them orange and they are almost like new. I don't leave them out year round though, only 5 months during the winter.

 

[Fallon]

Most of mine are 12 years old and still have the vinyl caps on top. I don't hammer them in, so they are not splintered at all. A few years ago they were getting really faded so I spray painted them orange and they are almost like new. I don't leave them out year round though, only 5 months during the winter.

What brand? They sound pretty decent.

I'm up here in Colorado, so we get more UV in 1 winter than most of you get in a year or 3. The whole length of the rods gets fuzzy from the glass fibers as the epoxy gets destroyed from the UV. It's the UV causing my issues, not mechanical damage splintering the rods.

 

[Scrambler82]

How long to the fiberglass rods last most people? The 2-3 batches I have get nasty after 1 season. Glass fibers hanging out like a porcupine. Touch them without a glove (or sometimes even with one) an your hand is itching for days.

Just a thought... if you get a splinter of glass or wood, even metal, use the edge of your knife, slide it sideways over the splinter.
If you know the direction if insertion the better, slide it opposite of the insertion, but if you go over it both ways you can get lucky and the edge of the blade pulls out the splinter.

Works for me !

 

[wheelbuilder]

How long to the fiberglass rods last most people? The 2-3 batches I have get nasty after 1 season. Glass fibers hanging out like a porcupine. Touch them without a glove (or sometimes even with one) an your hand is itching for days.

I use a dry bar of soap to pull out fiberglas. Make sure you chuck it and don't wash with it. The little ones from a hotel work well.

 

[oosik]

What happened to dj1701? Lost in a snow drift? Anyhow - I don't need markers to find my driveway. Even in the deepest snows. Markers are just going to get plowed - along with the snow, anyhow. I plow when there is, at least, eight inches & the driveway is somewhat frozen. Otherwise - I just drive thru the snow and don't worry about it.

The first plowing will establish the outer edges of the driveway. I work from this set boundary on future plowings.

 

[chim]

What happened to dj1701? Lost in a snow drift? Anyhow - I don't need markers to find my driveway. Even in the deepest snows. Markers are just going to get plowed - along with the snow, anyhow. I plow when there is, at least, eight inches & the driveway is somewhat frozen. Otherwise - I just drive thru the snow and don't worry about it.

The first plowing will establish the outer edges of the driveway. I work from this set boundary on future plowings.

I seldom get off course on the paved main driveway. Where markers are helpful for me is on the long curved unpaved driveway that goes to the sheds. It is not paved but solid enough to handle heavy trucks in any weather. It is flush with the yard and has a mixture of grass and weeds that can make it almost disappear at times in the Summer. Having lived here for almost 30 years I still have a hard time finding it when it snows if there aren't markers.

 

[Boondox]

What happened to dj1701? Lost in a snow drift? Anyhow - I don't need markers to find my driveway. Even in the deepest snows. Markers are just going to get plowed - along with the snow, anyhow. I plow when there is, at least, eight inches & the driveway is somewhat frozen. Otherwise - I just drive thru the snow and don't worry about it.

The first plowing will establish the outer edges of the driveway. I work from this set boundary on future plowings.

I don't need them early in the winter, but as snow accumulates it becomes difficult to see the edge of the drainage ditches. Plus coming home in the dark during a snow storm it makes it easier for my wife to follow the long curve of our 600 yard long driveway. My method of inserting them is to plant them before the ground freezes. I have a big Phillips screwdriver that I've never used; it gets pushed or hammered into the ground then pulled out. The fiberglass marker is pushed into the hole using gloves. My markers are about 5-6 years old now and doing fine aside from a bit of fading.