Michael Daly wrote: > From: "David Anderson" <squtch_at_quiet-like-a-panther.org> > > > Wayne Smith writes: > > > Most useless gadget. I was camping once and I saw a guy with a 4 oz > > > plastic sledge hammer that he used to pound his light weigh 6" aluminum > > > tent pegs. What a Joke. With the spikes, I use any convent, the bigger > > > the better, rock. > > > > Funny how the most useless gadget you ever "saw" is one of my favorite > > gadgets to "use". Far fewer bashed fingers than when I was a rock user, and > > a lot more control. Go ahead, make fun of me, but I'll never go back to > > using the rocks. > > How inelegant. I don't use brute force to drive a peg. I put my foot > on it, wiggle it and let it slide into the soil. (Most of the time I > have to crouch and wiggle it with my hand). This is a trick I learned > from studying foundations engineering - vibrating piles will go in with > less resistance than piles driven with a pile driver in many granular > soils. > > Mike > Mike: I will try that next time. Thanks for the information.... -- Wayne Smith (ò¿ó) http://www.waynesmith.net/ 315/185/185 Dr Rumbaut 10/07/1999 --------------------------------------------------- Tag Line for Today: Time files when you don't know what you're doing. --------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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