11th June 2009, 05:06 PM
2poundfifty ! more like ?25 seems to be the going price for ten
but you cant love a nail like you can a survey pin
I also recently lost my last one of a two that defiantly go back to the mid nineties One was thicker and white powder coated and the other one just thin wire that was never straight but it had so much personality ho the jolly japes we had.
and besides it?s a health and safety issue- less bending
even with seven inches you will have to put three in the ground with a nail, even if you do the pushing it in by holding it at the head you are still going to have to get down to four inches above the ground, even over a small area that?s a lot of stress on the back and knees even if you do it right by the manual on even ground. With a survey pin a slight balletic stretch and its in and retrieval is just as simple ?you are now working at another level definitely up a couple of gears and and no need for the bulldog clip to keep the blasted tape measure on the nail, those Victorian land surveyors knew what they were doing
where to find straight galvanised wire
but you cant love a nail like you can a survey pin
I also recently lost my last one of a two that defiantly go back to the mid nineties One was thicker and white powder coated and the other one just thin wire that was never straight but it had so much personality ho the jolly japes we had.
and besides it?s a health and safety issue- less bending
even with seven inches you will have to put three in the ground with a nail, even if you do the pushing it in by holding it at the head you are still going to have to get down to four inches above the ground, even over a small area that?s a lot of stress on the back and knees even if you do it right by the manual on even ground. With a survey pin a slight balletic stretch and its in and retrieval is just as simple ?you are now working at another level definitely up a couple of gears and and no need for the bulldog clip to keep the blasted tape measure on the nail, those Victorian land surveyors knew what they were doing
where to find straight galvanised wire