I noticed that Menards near me has 20 foot lengths of 3/8 rebar for around 6.50.
I went and bought 5 stix to make trapping stakes for water sets.
I’ve been making no weld stakes for a long time.
3/8 rebar cut at 20 inches then a 1/2 inch nut pounded on.
That nut ain’t gonna move. And the more you use it, the more it mushrooms.
For the naysayers who say they don’t trust em without being welded,,, it’s not necessary.
I’ve held coyotes when double staked using the no weld stakes. Used em long before I finally switched to pogos for my coyote sets.
I prefer the rebar in my water sets because I can push em in the mud pretty quick when I’m running drowning rigs.
A little faster than filling up a sand bag…

#3 is 4.68 for 20foot

"He who shall not be named" pounded nuts on his rebar stakes with no failures, allegedly used whatever railroad track he was crossing for the anvil, lol

that is exactly what all my stakes are my lengths vary from 16-24

I leave the rebar about 3/16 to 1/4 proud of the nut and yes the more it mushrooms over the more there is no way it could come off.

with the double stake plates you will have a hernia and opened up HD J-hooks before you pull crossed stakes

Cheap for you guys

Can't find anywhere to buy 20 footers. Only 10 footers
At Lowes and Home Depot
Here's the Lowes price and ad
$5.58 a 10 footer #3 3/8 th's

buying the 20s is generally only a tiny bit more than 10 foots sticks , most places buy the 20s and the cut them down to make everything else out of the bent ones

menards is 6.49 then if you do the rebates 11% back later.

I cut them down right in the parking lot

before the cordless angle grinder that generally meant a hacksaw or bolt cutters

with the cordless angle grinder it is less work

Putting the kayak rack on the soobie is too much work.
Real building centers cut em to length.
One place sells drops cheap.

I get all I need from construction site dumpsters
If you ask they will often put it outside the dumpster so I don't have to crawl in

One man's juke is another man's treasure

I'm going to keep on welding my stakes. And I'd rather use a T Bar stake then one with a nut smashed on. Easier to push into the bottom and easier to remove.

I don't use a lot of rebar stakes, but I also prefer the T-bars.

For a long while, I used 3/8 rebar. Menards yard guys would cut it to the length I wanted. Then I ground one end, cut threads on it, put on a washer and put on a nut. Like said, the more I used them, the more mushroomed the end got and I never had a nut come off. Today, I generally use Berkshire’s. Rebar got heavy. Making each disposable takes about 90-seconds.

Look up concrete suppliers near you. We do concrete work nationally and see a couple dollar variance. #4 is our standard, but cut #43 a lot for pinning slabs. Most of our PO's are cut for $4.xx for 20' sticks and $6.xx for #4

I use lengths of 3/8ths for 330 Belisle stabilizers. Works better than anything else I've used.