I got the short handled hammer at Harbor Freight. It's adequate to drive and pull the stakes.

I used two different sizes of thimbles -- the ones at the spike ends have to be large enough for the spike to get through but small enough that the spike head can't. The ones at the top are large enough to easily get the rope through.

I'll haul the replaced chains and stakes to Clinton only if someone tells me before I leave that he or she wants them.

Roy

States where I've landed my 150
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