sawing stakes

[bugmeist]

A question for Jim Rogers:  you mentioned 'hay stakes'.  Not being a farmer I'm curious as to what a hay stake actually does? Also how many would a farm require?  Is it something all farms use or does it depend on how the hay is baled (round or ?)?

[ksu_chainsaw]

The hay stakes that Jim mentioned are not for farmers, but for construction sites.  The stakes are to hold small square bales in place to control runoff.  Some companies will use silt fence, or a combination of the two.  If there is a large area that they have removed the grass from, there will be large amounts of silt running off of there, so the square bales are needed down close to the edge of the worksite, and they need staked so that the runoff water does not push them around.

Hope that clears it up for you.

Charles

[Bodger]

We've tried cutting some 'stakes' slats for chicken houses.  They used to only use poplar but in the last couple of years they will take pine.  When you figure the price of slats compared to rough cut boards there is an extra profit.  However, there is quite a bit of waste in slats that have knots and there is more labor involved.  The end result is the extra profit is eaten up.  Most of the real stakes around here come from a shop up the country a ways that is a project for the handicapped.