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Joe L
(heyyou) - M

Locale: Cutting brush off of the Arizona Tr
 		$1.50 Ti stakes at myDIYgear.com on 04/05/2011 21:15:12 MDT Print View

Ti tent stakes are $1.50 each at myDIYgear.com with free shipping on the stakes. Randy Smith AKA Papa Smurf at Hammock Forums is the seller, says he has 2400 of them. He stocks 3 lengths in each of 3 or 4 diameters so there are ten choices.

I have no connection to him. My very first order is pending.
Andy Schill
(Aschill) - F
Thanks on 04/06/2011 08:47:10 MDT Print View

Thanks, just picked up 10.
John Shannon
(jshann) - F

Locale: Texas
Re: $1.50 Ti stakes at myDIYgear.com on 04/06/2011 11:39:08 MDT Print View

The bottoms look flat. Do most ti stakes have flat bottoms?
Greg Mihalik
(greg23) - M

Locale: Colorado
Re: Re: $1.50 Ti stakes at myDIYgear.com on 04/06/2011 12:06:29 MDT Print View

TiStakes

Details Here.
Randy Smith
(PapaSmurf) - F

Locale: Ohio's Amish Country
Re: Re: $1.50 Ti stakes at myDIYgear.com on 04/06/2011 12:39:52 MDT Print View

Hi, PapaSmurf here.
Yes, these do have flat bottoms.
I've seen them offered flat, tapered & pointy.

Edited by PapaSmurf on 04/06/2011 12:40:56 MDT.
David Cleckner
(blaster6) - F

Locale: Colorado
 		Re: $1.50 Ti stakes at myDIYgear.com on 04/06/2011 14:05:06 MDT Print View

Thanks I just ordered some too. Good deal
Bob Gross
(--B.G.--) - F

Locale: Silicon Valley
 		Re: Re: Re: $1.50 Ti stakes at myDIYgear.com on 04/06/2011 14:19:50 MDT Print View

Why wouldn't you want to have the bottom pointed enough that they will penetrate hard soil?

--B.G.--
Konrad .
(Konrad1013) - MLife
flat on 04/06/2011 14:24:06 MDT Print View

I'm sure he could but it would cost us the end user more. I'm glad they are what they are....great price for some lightweight stakes. I'm eyeing those 3.1 gram ones
Randy Smith
(PapaSmurf) - F

Locale: Ohio's Amish Country
I'll try a few. on 04/06/2011 14:26:00 MDT Print View

I'll taper a few tonight and see if it makes much of a difference. If so, I'll taper the rest.
Bob Gross
(--B.G.--) - F

Locale: Silicon Valley
 		Re: I'll try a few. on 04/06/2011 14:37:37 MDT Print View

Some people like the bottom rounded so that it does not chew a hole in a stake bag. I have some that are sliced off on the bottom, leaving a bottom edge. The best ones have a slightly rounded point. That gives a good compromise of being able to penetrate hard soil, yet it doesn't really chew up the stake bag.

--B.G.--
Randy Smith
(PapaSmurf) - F

Locale: Ohio's Amish Country
Re: Re: I'll try a few. on 04/06/2011 14:42:02 MDT Print View

So. I'll round a few also.
Bob Gross
(--B.G.--) - F

Locale: Silicon Valley
 		Re: Re: Re: I'll try a few. on 04/06/2011 14:46:03 MDT Print View

Get them about as sharp as the business end of a ballpoint pen. Sharp enough to be pushed into hard soil, but not sharp enough to puncture your skin if it were pushed in.

--B.G.--
Mat Tallman
(wehtaM) - F

Locale: Midwest
stakes on 04/06/2011 18:44:09 MDT Print View

Picked up a set of the 1/8" dia 6" L ones...we'll see how they work

I considered the slightly smaller diameter ones, but figured the slight increase in weight was worth a little better bend resistance.
a gould
(biointegra) - MLife

Locale: Puget Sound
Re: stakes on 04/07/2011 16:33:20 MDT Print View

"Some people like the bottom rounded so that it does not chew a hole in a stake bag."

me.
Randy Smith
(PapaSmurf) - F

Locale: Ohio's Amish Country
New Option on 04/07/2011 20:40:19 MDT Print View

Everyone who placed an order today received Ti Stakes with rounded bottoms.
I have added an additional option to purchase these stakes with rounded bottoms for $1.75 each with free shipping.
Thanks for all your feedback.
Andrei Girenkov
(huai1) - F
Stakes on 04/08/2011 09:59:10 MDT Print View

Can someone recommend which diameter to buy? Right now I'm using REI Tri-Stakes and those have worked out pretty well for me, so I'm looking for similar strength stakes at lighter weight.
Bob Gross
(--B.G.--) - F

Locale: Silicon Valley
 		Re: Stakes on 04/08/2011 12:20:40 MDT Print View

All of my standard ones are 1/8 inch in diameter.

--B.G.--
Paul Brown
(paulbrown137) - F

Locale: norcal
 		simple light and a good deal on 04/09/2011 21:11:13 MDT Print View

I picked up 8
Heath Pitts
(heathpitts)

Locale: Nashville
Great Deal on 04/11/2011 09:24:54 MDT Print View

Ordered 4 of the 6 inch .118. Thanks for the link!
David Cleckner
(blaster6) - F

Locale: Colorado
 		Got 'em on 04/11/2011 19:17:53 MDT Print View

I received my stakes today. They look good, can't wait to get them in the ground