Driveway Markers

[ssffnomad]

Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Been searching around here for Driveway Markers. Northeast Snow area. Like the idea of something somewhat flexible. As Tractor Snowblower and Town Plow discharge come into effect. Dark Road with horseshoe driveways.
Spring loaded like Parking Lot Handicappe sign holders would be ideal. But looking at them , they are way expensive.
Or marking a PVC post that slides into a insert in ground. Then just replace one if it gets broke . What have you guys built ?

 

[NUTTSGT]

I have some posts in the driveway to keep people from turning around. 6" pvc pipe full of concrete with a piece of rebar in the bottom. The rebar sits in a section of pvc drove into the gravel driveway. it allows the pvc concrete post to remain standing but allows it to bend over when struck.


If you want a stronger marker than those orange fiberglass ones, maybe drive a piece of rebar in the ground, put some 3/4 pvc pipe over it and a wrap of reflective tape around the top.

 

[Steven K]

I use the round fiberglass markers, they have a reflective tape on them that really shows up at night. Put them around the driveway in the winter makes it easy to find the edge of the driveway when snowblowing.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Blazer-International-Driveway-Marker-48-in-Round-Yellow-Fiberglass-Rod-381YDM/202498050

 

[Buckgnarly]

I use the round fiberglass markers, they have a reflective tape on them that really shows up at night. Put them around the driveway in the winter makes it easy to find the edge of the driveway when snowblowing.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Blazer-International-Driveway-Marker-48-in-Round-Yellow-Fiberglass-Rod-381YDM/202498050

Same here.....cheap, easy, and really visible at night for plowing.

 

[1938flatty]

I've seen fiberglass rods with reflective tape on them at my big box stores in MI. I use to plow snow many years ago and we made snow plow stakes from 1/2" pvc. We thought thay looked nicer in customers yards and blended in with the snow. We would rap red reflective tape around ones that marked hazardous things like boulders or water well heads if in ares we need to push the snow back to make room. They stayed flexible in the cold versus wood that just broke off.

Good luck.

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,.... Go out in an overgrown field, 'n cut abunch of 8' twitches,...

Poke a hole in the ground where ya want it with an iron bar, stuff in a twitch,.....

Costs nothin' but time, 'n they Are flexible,...

 

[WhiffySpark]

Discount snow stakes . Com

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I use the round fiberglass markers, they have a reflective tape on them that really shows up at night. Put them around the driveway in the winter makes it easy to find the edge of the driveway when snowblowing.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Blazer-International-Driveway-Marker-48-in-Round-Yellow-Fiberglass-Rod-381YDM/202498050

X2. We use them all over the school district in the winter.

Tommy

 

[joel]

The round fiberglass markers work well and are inexpensive. Not a big loss when I process one with the snowblower!

 

[ssffnomad]

Thanks For comments. Currently use the Fiberglass around Horseshoe to keep Tenants and delivery trucks off lawn. Plenty wide , but as you know people are stupid.
Was looking for bigger and more decorative near road. I like Eric's idea of Rebar that could be adjusted if need be. Maybe going with a larger diameter PVC pipe with a square or rectangular top made out of Axek.

 

[Kaizen]

Thanks For comments. Currently use the Fiberglass around Horseshoe to keep Tenants and delivery trucks off lawn. Plenty wide , but as you know people are stupid.

Was looking for bigger and more decorative near road. I like Eric's idea of Rebar that could be adjusted if need be. Maybe going with a larger diameter PVC pipe with a square or rectangular top made out of Axek.

Remember that when one of the idiots doesn't see the rebar and scratches/dents the whole side of their car they will be looking for you. IMO far less work to just repair any sod in spring. People will always drive over stuff.


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[ssffnomad]

13' Wide Blacktop, better off giving them a good Marker with Reflectors to find entrance on dark road.

 

[Racer_X]

I start with an 8 foot piece of 1/2" EMT conduit, which I cut in half to make two 4 foot pieces. I bury one on each side of the driveway - 2 feet under ground, 2 feet above.
The EMT is just the right size to slide solar driveway markers over, like these:
http://www.ruralking.com/alpine-solaris-solar-powered-driveway-marker-stake-lights-slc104a-color-may-vary.html
Having 2 feet in the ground gives them enough strength to resist snow plows going by. If one of them should break, I can easily slide it off of the conduit and put a new one on.

 

[Blk88GT]

I use snow fence poles down my driveway and to keep people off the lawn.

 

[Empty Pockets]

About this time last year, I bought a bunch of aluminum markers with 2 red reflectors on top. Just $1.00 ea. Where upstate are you, OP?

 

[James-W]

Some people use the kind that stick in the ground and are about 3 feet tall. They are a solar type so you can see them in the daytime and at night they light up for a few hours after it gets dark. Then the batteries die and the lights go out but they stay lit long enough for most people to be back home. Hopefully the sun will shine during the daytime so they can charge up again the next day. Of course when it snows you need to clean the solar cells off or the batteries can't charge up.

 

[quick86]

I use the generic cheapos from my local Meijer or Home Depot. They're a couple bucks but if the local plow blasts it down I do not feel bad about it breaking. I will be putting mine out there tomorrow.

I should buy a couple more though as my neighbor kid started plowing out my driveway as a kind gesture and I think I'll be marking off the driveway a bit better. I always make sure to toss him some cash when I see him.

 

[ssffnomad]

Pockets, in Toga / Lk George area.
People idea is for delivery trucks / tenants to find driveway on dark road. Cheap azz fiberglass markers I am so done with. .

 

[casmurbax]

Hi neighbor,

Ocean State Job Lot has solar powered, not sure how far down the northway you travel, there is one in Ballston Spa, Clifton Park and Albany

I can't speak of the quality of them.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Pockets, in Toga / Lk George area.
People idea is for delivery trucks / tenants to find driveway on dark road. Cheap azz fiberglass markers I am so done with. .

I found mine at a Real Deals store in the Syracuse area..... a little drive from you

 

[NUTTSGT]

Pockets, in Toga / Lk George area.
People idea is for delivery trucks / tenants to find driveway on dark road. Cheap azz fiberglass markers I am so done with. .

You could also try added some flagging to the top of those fiberglass markers with some surveyors tape. A 4-6" tail moving in the wind will (well, should) help gain their attention.

If they keep running over them, get an 8" square concrete block and fill the core with quikrete setting the fiber glass marker in the concrete before it cures. I bet they only hit it once.