The stakes are driven in one at a time and removed one at a time.
For fire/rescue operations or wilderness rope rescue, gas powered units are a little too cumbersome to carry with this setup.
The stake pullers that you normally see sold with tent stakes tend to burr the sides of the pickets...
The stresses on the picket are two-fold and very different. Initially the striking cap is threaded onto the picket (the picket has 1"-8 threads on the top 6" which aren't shown on the pictures here) and the picket, which is 42" long, is driven ~36" into the ground. All three pickets are driven...
I do need some corrosion resistance as it is an exterior application. The pickets are 1” outside diameter and they pass through a 1.5” thick anodized aluminum plate with three 1.007 bores (one picket in each hole) in it and go into the ground for a short amount of time (<2hrs.) This creates an...
Disclaimer: I'm a fireman with access to a machine shop. I have a good general understanding of materials but I'm far from an engineer.
I have been manufacturing pickets (or stakes) that get driven into the ground via a striking cap and sledge hammer. The ends of the pickets are machined (one...
