After having lots of snow removal jobs 2 days ago (when there was only 3.5-4.0 inches of snow), I realized it is very hard to see where the driveway/sidewalk edges are--even in that little of snow. So I would like to buy some driveway markers (not the fancy ones, just some simple ones like these:
My question is, where can I find the cheapest ones? I would only need around 40-50 because some driveways are easy to tell where they end.
couldnt you make stakes by ripping like inch think rough cut lumber on a table saw, then painting them florescent orange/yellow? make sure you point the end too.
couldnt you make stakes by ripping like inch think rough cut lumber on a table saw, then painting them florescent orange/yellow? make sure you point the end too.
I use the little flags left behind by the EPA well drillers. They only work if the snow is not going to be deep. The cheap round Tpost work good but are very hard on equipment. Most of the time I just dig out the bad spots and edges with a shovel and then blow. I have a crude map of the yards to know where humps, stumps, roots etc. If a large snow is coming i go over my area to look for tree branches, boots, newspapers, coats, deer heads, jacks, bricks, toys, engine parts, tents, garden hoses, batteries etc. Pretty much like mowing in other words.
And also the ones I was looking at buying (the expensive ones) rebound when hit by a plow or something. I don't think the wood would rebound, it would probably break.
#16
AmericanTurf
Very true. You are just going to have to break out the check book. Haha!!
I use the orange reflective fiberglass markers also, I bought ten or so from Menards but like you said they are somewhat costly. At this point the ground is too frozen to install them without drilling but if you wait until spring Menards, Lowes and Home Depot usually run sales on the winter seasonal items that is when I bought the rest of mine at 1/2 price.
I use the orange reflective fiberglass markers also, I bought ten or so from Menards but like you said they are somewhat costly. At this point the ground is too frozen to install them without drilling but if you wait until spring Menards, Lowes and Home Depot usually run sales on the winter seasonal items that is when I bought the rest of mine at 1/2 price.
Oh, yeah, that's true. I can probably make do this year without them and buy them in the spring.
Thanks! :smile:
#20
D2hornets58
I don't put those in any of my customers yards. Its nice to have a couple so you don't dig up the lawn but One year one of my customers put way too many so it made it hard to plow because there was no where to put the snow in the yard without hitting them. But i like having a couple on each side so I know where the driveway ends. The other night when I was plowing I saw what looked like a reflector in the snow bank. I walked over and there was 3 or 4 driveway markers. I have no idea where they came from because they weren't put up along the driveway. But if I am unsure where the driveway ends to just grab a shovel and find the end of the driveway.
I don't put those in any of my customers yards. Its nice to have a couple so you don't dig up the lawn but One year one of my customers put way too many so it made it hard to plow because there was no where to put the snow in the yard without hitting them. But i like having a couple on each side so I know where the driveway ends. The other night when I was plowing I saw what looked like a reflector in the snow bank. I walked over and there was 3 or 4 driveway markers. I have no idea where they came from because they weren't put up along the driveway. But if I am unsure where the driveway ends to just grab a shovel and find the end of the driveway.
Yeah, that's why I like having a snowblower; I don't have to worry about trying to plow the snow off the driveway in between all the markers, the snowblower will just shoot the snow way off of the driveway!
Yeah, that's why I like having a snowblower; I don't have to worry about trying to plow the snow off the driveway in between all the markers, the snowblower will just shoot the snow way off of the driveway!