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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:47:29 PM EDT
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Just find a local fab shop and pass somebody on lunch a $20. This isn't a complicated item to make, at most it's two cuts and one grind, unless you want to get all fancy and have a disc welded on the top as a striking surface.
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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:48:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:48:38 PM EDT
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#4 rebar (1/2")
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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:50:34 PM EDT
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do you want something to take a core, or just a solid rod?
go buy some 3/4" schedule 40 galvanized pipe and cut the end at a 45 with a hack saw. bring a pipe wrench along to twist it out.
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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:50:40 PM EDT
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#4 rebar (1/2") This, or a copper-clad steel ground rod. You can get either at Home Depot. |
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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:52:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:54:13 PM EDT
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use this website for general soils info ( may not be accurate at small scale)
Web soil survey |
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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:55:08 PM EDT
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www.forestrysupplies.com
I am a soil scientist and a land developer, check out the soil survey of the property, you can get one on the web through the NRCS website, or if you PM a tax map, GPS cords, or address I can make you a map in like 5 minutes, that will have some good info on it for ya, one thing to keep in mind with soil probes and all that is sometimes you don't know if you hit a large rock or ledge, big rocks ok, ledge is what you want to avoid. soil probes are ok to start with but to really know get a backhoe and dig some deep pits, to see what is going on subsurface. my 02. Good luck |
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Posted: 11/20/2011 12:57:36 PM EDT
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Just find a local fab shop and pass somebody on lunch a $20. This isn't a complicated item to make, at most it's two cuts and one grind, unless you want to get all fancy and have a disc welded on the top as a striking surface. Not even that. Go get a 3/16" piece of steel rod at a hardware store. Tape-up the end, making a ball of tape for a handle, so that when you push it into the ground it goes into the ground, not your hand. If the ground is soft/wet, you should have no problem just pushing it in 4' or so. |
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Posted: 11/20/2011 1:06:22 PM EDT
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Just find a local fab shop and pass somebody on lunch a $20. This isn't a complicated item to make, at most it's two cuts and one grind, unless you want to get all fancy and have a disc welded on the top as a striking surface. Not even that. Go get a 3/16" piece of steel rod at a hardware store. Tape-up the end, making a ball of tape for a handle, so that when you push it into the ground it goes into the ground, not your hand. If the ground is soft/wet, you should have no problem just pushing it in 4' or so. I've pushed a fiberglass probe 36" or more into wet ground without using my whole hand; I just don't want to risk stopping at a hardpan that I mistake for rock. Here's the deal: We want a pond in the future. It's gonna be tight on this one piece of property- small width, low slope - if we can dig 2' or more deep on the lower end, it becomes much easier. Therefore, I need to know what portion of this field has 2' or more of dirt. Some of it does; other parts will be solid rock. That's fine; I just need 50% or so of it to be diggable(?). |
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Posted: 11/20/2011 1:07:27 PM EDT
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#4 rebar (1/2") |
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Posted: 11/20/2011 1:10:24 PM EDT
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Where in MS are you located?
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Posted: 11/20/2011 1:13:04 PM EDT
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Where in MS are you located? Not far from Tupelo. Land is in Maury county, TN. Will be headed there from McNairy county (TN) come friday morning. 
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Posted: 11/21/2011 5:24:20 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Where in MS are you located? Not far from Tupelo. Land is in Maury county, TN. Will be headed there from McNairy county (TN) come friday morning. Just realized that I didn't write back. The reason I asked is that I may be able to get my hands on one in Memphis if you were coming through here.
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Posted: 11/21/2011 5:25:44 PM EDT
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Where in MS are you located? Not far from Tupelo. Land is in Maury county, TN. Will be headed there from McNairy county (TN) come friday morning. Just realized that I didn't write back. The reason I asked is that I may be able to get my hands on one in Memphis if you were coming through here. I genuinely appreciate the offer. We're going to just use some rebar fence posts. After all the rain, the ground should be fairly soft.
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Posted: 11/21/2011 5:50:30 PM EDT
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Get smooth round stock , 3/16 like was mentioned above , rebar will get extremely hard to pull out , not to mention push in . If you use rebar you'll need a 3# sledge to get it very deep, after 3-4 probes you'll be feelin it
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