Gate markers

[sidehiller]

What is everyone using for gate markers?

Was thinking using shewers and red/green duct tape with a jiffy marker.

Post up what you are using and How the work, cause I think my idea will be alot of work and won't last long.

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[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

cheap route..
go to hardware store and buy marking flags...

[sidehiller]

Originally Posted by ROLANDROCKSHOP

cheap route..
go to hardware store and buy marking flags...

I have thought of those but here in northern Alberta they want $15 for 25 of them.

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[Calderwood]

Originally Posted by sidehiller

I have thought of those but here in northern Alberta they want $15 for 25 of them.

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They are $5 per 100 on eBay. I don't know aboot shipping to canuckistan though.

[motakitty]

You could always go to a tennis court and "find" some balls and cut them in half

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[Calderwood]

Originally Posted by motakitty

You could always go to a tennis court and "find" some balls and cut them in half

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Lets not promote theft.

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

Presco Products CO 2315pg 188 Marking Flag Pink GLO Blank PVC PK100 | eBay

[sidehiller]

Thanks guys.

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[motakitty]

I was joking. Couldn't you use cups like dixie cups

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[saltinemadness]

ping pong balls + exacto knife + spray paint = neat little gate markers

[saltinemadness]

They may be too small, but for my micro crawler I use those little memory foam earplugs. My buddy "borrows" whole boxes of the things from work, so I have about 50 of em... 25 gates ain't too shabby. And they're lightweight!

[saltinemadness]

pop bottle caps... those nerfgun discs.... wine corks... spray paint a handful of small rocks....chalk paint to make dots on the trail.... save your cardboard toilet and paper towel rolls and paint them...tent stakes.... sharpen sticks with a knife and paint them....cut up a clothes hanger into pieces, straighten, and paint a 1 inch section of them with neon nail polish or hang pieces of an old white sock off of them...

the poshibeeraries are endrish

[AdventureIQ]

Need to get pics, but when in Korea I collected lime green cone-shaped caps from water bottles for my rally track

[wilbywise]

I found using the 6'' Bamboo Skewers (wooden shish kabob skewers) & Sticky notes is the cheapest method. I used HD Clear Duck Tape for the sticky notes, just in case of water. However it does take awhile to knock out a lot, so best have a dedicated friend to help!

[Erin]

The biggest problem I found with the surveyor flags, was due to them not being rigid, they were hard to read gate numbers on course, and a real bitch to organize after the comp.

I ended up making gates very similar to what Parker uses for his events. They are tough and very durable, but not the cheapest route. But after making over 500, I didn't want to do it twice lol

[CaptainScale]

Originally Posted by wilbywise

I found using the 6'' Bamboo Skewers (wooden shish kabob skewers) & Sticky notes is the cheapest method. I used HD Clear Duck Tape for the sticky notes, just in case of water. However it does take awhile to knock out a lot, so best have a dedicated friend to help!

I've tried using the 1/8" thick bamboo skewer sticks. They break too easily. I've seen some thicker ones, not sure how much they cost.

[wilbywise]

Originally Posted by CaptainScale

I've tried using the 1/8" thick bamboo skewer sticks. They break too easily. I've seen some thicker ones, not sure how much they cost.

Yeah that is the only downfall I have out of these! However they work great in dirt and look killer once setup! I gonna be look into some alternate version's of my past set I made, will look into a reinforced pole/ maybe cut up metal coat hangers or old bike spokes? lol

[Erin]

Get a bundle of drop ceiling tie wire. Cut it into 16-18" lengths.

This stuff is really good and a bundle will give you enough for 6-700 gates.
Its strong enough for hard ground and bends easily enough to stand on solid rock with a rock weight. And they straighten back out afterward.

2x2 corplast flags.

Its more of an investment but will last for many comps. Two clubs could even split the material costs.

[CaptainScale]

I just made these! Closeupflag_zps6b0e5b1c.jpg Photo by jakro1972 | Photobucket

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[CaptainScale]

I found some thicker, stronger bamboo skewer sticks at SweetBay grocery stores. I noticed they do have a good selection of colored metal marking flags at Ace Hardware.