Driveway Markers

[Von]

Before I got my snow blower I would would use T-post for markers. (see attached photo) When using the backblade to plow, the snow would snap anything other than the T-post. Now I use the orange (to match the tractor!) fiberglass post with the reflector tape on top in the same spots as the T-post. The first snow in our first winter in the house we got about 10". I looked out and had no idea where the driveway was! Had to find the edges first and then plow. I used wood at first but kept snaping them off at ground level. So next season I used the T-post. They will snap if you hit them with the blade as well ( don't ask how I know/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif) I place them about one foot off of the drive. This is the first winter that I have been able to really use the snow blower, and its slower on the smaller snow amounts, but no banks to worry about!

 

[Thomas]

EMT electric pipe works good.

1.If hit by equipment etc..easy to bend back
2.Won't rust.
3.Somewhat shiney
4.Easy to remove late spring for clean up.

5' tall post w/orange marking tape thru 5/16" hole at the top of the EMT pipe..leave plenty marking tape so it can wave in the wind.

Now the mailbox would be another issue. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

 

[hazmat]

<font color=blue>Now the mailbox would be another issue. </font color=blue>

Can't find it or Find it too "easily" Mines right next to a utlility pole, so unless we get 30' of snow I'm all set. The picket fence is another story/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif so hard to see the white pickets in the white snow.

 

[Wheeldog]

We use thin fiberglass posts that are about 4' long to mark the edge of the driveway. They have rings of reflective tape along their length which makes them show up well, and being so thin they push into the ground pretty easily (If you haven't waited until the ground has frozen, that is /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif). I've found that without the markers the plowed section gets narrower and narrower with each snowfall, since I'm usually over-cautious in trying to avoid the edge of the lawn.

 

[frank_f15]

iuse the plastic with reflector at the top. but the summer place down the road has some thin fiberglass post with some kind of reflective stuff on them, can hardy see them in daylight, but hit them with a light and they just magnify, sounds like what sonowhat mentioned , soo as i can find them i am going to get them.

 

[beenthere]

<font color=blue>""So, what does everyone else do about driveway markers, if anything?"" <font color=black>

Because you asked: I have a 600' driveway and sure don't want anything like marker posts in the way of clearing the snow. Some of the pics show how much the markers must just be in the way. I much prefer the looks of a plowed drive without the looks of markers and tape cluttering up the landscape. For people who use my drive, if it isn't plowed yet they are on their own. If it is plowed, then the driving path is pretty clearly identifiable. If the snow gets pushed high along the drive, then I have to push it back with the blade angled and raised a bit to peel it off and back. If markers were there, I would have to either plow over them or try to remove them from the frozen ground. Neither way sounds very "enjoyable".

When I plow, I can tell where I am by looking at the plowed area behind the plow blade, and then can see if I am on the gravel drive or off in the grass. In 34 years, has never been a problem knowing where I am plowing. Now a blower might be different, but even there, seems one can still see where the snow is blown away. I'm probably wierd with this outlook. Don't mean to belittle anyone who likes markers, but they are not for me (and you asked)./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[RobS]

One thing I learned the other week about the fiberglass rods is they can hurt! I have a couple that have been run over or hit and they are a bit frayed. While pushing one into the ground I got some glass slivers in my palm. Very small slivers, and very painful. I'll be using leather gloves to put them in from now on /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

So far I haven't used anything. I know how far the drive is from the utility pole at the road and once I'm there I know where it ends so I just drive a straight line then turn left at the pine tree and arc back right to the barn door. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I know it sounds funny but it works great. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[Von]

Rob, What I do is make a hole with a piece of rebar first, than just slide your marker down the hole. Just step around the marker to tighten up the ground around it.

 

[ByuBill]

<font color=blue>So, what does everyone else do about driveway markers, if anything?</font color=blue>

I use the natural kind. See attached.....
Just keep to the right on the way down and all is well... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif