Wooden Stakes??

[KjBarnwood]

Is there a market for wooden stakes?  I often pass an Amish shop, and that seems to be all they make, and believe me they make a huge amount of them.  Is there that big of a demand for them, if so what? 

Keith

[schmism]

surveying and contractors.

construction stakeing.

[kevingreiner]

And tree nurseries.

We sell several thousand a month. A variety of sizes 1x1, 1x2, and 2x2 from 3' to 6'. $1/BF + $0.20 to point.

[John_Haylow]

And tree nurseries.

We sell several thousand a month. A variety of sizes 1x1, 1x2, and 2x2 from 3' to 6'. $1/BF + $0.20 to point.

What type of sharpener or sharpeners do you use?
John

[kevingreiner]

We used to use a radial arm saw to make chisel points but that got old fast. We bought a Keystone stake pointer about 6 months ago and it's been working great for our relatively low volume of stakes. Cost about $4,500 roughly.

http://www.keystonemachine.org/ManualStakePointer/ManualPointer.html

[John_Haylow]

Thanks Kevin.
John

[Kevin_H.]

John, if you have not done it yet do a search on here for survey or grade stakes, there are several threads with some interesting reading on them.

I have the manual pointer from hudson and I wish I had gotten the air operated one from keystone.

Kevin H.

[John_Haylow]

Thanks Kevin H, I will give that a try.
John