Where can I get stakes to hold one end of a 100' measuring tape?

I need 12" rustproof metal stakes (or rods, or markers, or pegs, or whatever you want to call them) that preferrably have a hook on one end to attach the end of a 100' reel tape measure. I'll be using this for land surveying. I've tried looking at tent stakes, but the hooks face downwards, not allowing the tape measure to hold on. Any ideas?

Where can I get stakes to hold one end of a 100' measuring tape?
1. True Value Hardware


2. Home Depot


3. Lowe's





One of those should solve your need, one would think, as you're hardly the first person that needs a measuring tape held.
Reply:I use gutter nails
Reply:I'd use a 16 penny nail.
Reply:a 1 x 3 and a roofing nail. hammer the wood into the ground and drive a roofing nail into the top of it half way down and hook your tape to that, or buy a wheel type measurer
Reply:Use a large spike nail 8" long or so from Home depot or Lowe's. Hook the tape onto the nailhead.
Reply:I use barbeque rods/spikes.


They have wooden handles so when you put the point through the ring of the tape, the tape is trapped.
Reply:go to the hardware store and buy some long Phillips screw drivers and that will give you a handle to grab on to pull them back out of the ground, they work great :)
Reply:get some 1x2 wood screen stock and cut at a 45 deg angel drive a 8 penny nail on the top to hold the tape you may need differant sizes if the land in hilly the tape has to be level to get a accurat read example 100 ft at a 6ft rise or fall will only be 99ft 9in 27/32 in actual distance.

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