[Ponte Alto] A tent pole saga and question

[Nicole E. Miller]

I was just at Tart yesterday.  They have the square 2x2x72 stakes.  They are about $1.50 each.  However, the selection they have at the moment is not that great.  They come in bundles of 400-500 and they about 75 left, so its been picked through pretty hard.  I ended up going wtih 1.5" round closted pole.  More expensive than the stakes, but at $1.28 per linear foot, its about a third of the price at the home stores and better quality (straightness and lack of any knots).  Tart did have some nice quality pressure treated 2x2s, but while they are no longer hazardous to your health, they will very likely stain the canvas, so I decided not to go that route either.

Hope this helps,
Sian
---- Jude theObscure <xgreenjudasx at yahoo.com> wrote: 

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Thanks, I'll give them a call!

L E Storey <lestorey at gmail.com> wrote:  I've found them at Tart Lumber in Ashburn, VA -- don't recall the cost, though.

Tart Lumber Coý
22195 Shaw Rd, Sterling, VA
(703) 450-5040

Good luck!

Cheers,
-Iohanna

2008/3/18 Jude theObscure :
>
> Good afternoon to the list,
>
> When Abel and I bought our tent from Tribe Badir we were told that there
> were these mystical things called "landscaping poles" which were 6-8 feet
> tall, round, wooden, thicker than a closet dowel (think about a good, hefty
> polearm thickness), and cheap, and thus they should be used for the poles of
> our tent.
>
> Here on the east coast if you go into a garden or lumber store looking for
> "landscaping poles" they look at you funny. I've let my fingers do the
> walking on Google and have found some photos of what I'm looking for:
>
> http://www.totalpoles.co.uk/machined-landscape-poles.html
>
> http://www.landscapesupply.ca/products/product.php?pid=1610
>
> https://www.oescoinc.com/product_info.php?products_id=2124
>
> Now, as I've visited a plethora of garden shops, lumber yards, and arborists
> in the NOVA area along with the large and unhelpful entities that Home Depot
> and Lowes are, and I am thoroughly convinced these types of poles are simply
> not found in this area. So far I've heard them called: machine rounded
> landscaping poles, small landscaping timber, tree poles, trees stakes,
> grapestakes, but sadly no matter what they are called people simply do not
> have them in stock.
>
> It's maddening because the landscaping poles are apparently 3 bucks each,
> while an 8 foot closet dowel is 3 dollars a foot. At 12 poles a tents, well,
> I'd rather go the cheap route.
>
> Before I give up hope and buy 2x2 posts and sand them down, does anyone know
> of a store in the NOVA, MD, or DC area that carries these mystical machine
> rounded landscaping poles? If so, I'd appreciate an e-mail from you.
>
> Thank you!
> Lady Baska the Depraved
>
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