Stakes, posts or rods for 10mm corrugated?

[B Snyder]

I want to put 36hx48w 10mm corrugated signs at ground level on a lawn for a few months. Has anyone done this with 3/8" threaded rods or similar? 3 rods per sign?

 

[chester215]

I have seen H frames for 4x4 signs.
I would use one for this if I had to.
2 PT 4x4 posts would be best.
It think it would blow over or away into someone's car, house, etc with just the rods.

 

[B Snyder]

I have seen H frames for 4x4 signs.
I would use one for this if I had to.
2 PT 4x4 posts would be best.
It think it would blow over or away into someone's car, house, etc with just the rods.

These signs wouldn't be 4x4.

I was thinking the rods would be 60". 24" in the ground and 36" inside the corrugations (to the top of the sign).

 

[chester215]

Should have said for up to 4x4 signs, yours is 3x4 which is a big sail.

 

[signcrafters london]

I do many, many 4' x 4' and 4' x 8' 10 mm signs for a local auction company. They use a heavier version of the metal fence posts attached here and leave some of them up for a year or longer. For the size sign you have and it being near the ground, these smaller posts would be fine. You should be able to get them for $3-4 each at any hardware store.

 

[B Snyder]

Thanks, I'll take a look for them.

 

[Gino]

Try a 60" tomato stake, if the sign is double sided. If its temporary, it should be just fine. Single sided, use the stakes the previous poster showed.

 

[B Snyder]

Sorry, I should have mentioned these signs would be double sided.

 

[signcrafters london]

All the signs I mentioned are double-sided. Those fence posts work great.

 

[chester215]

If you go the fence post route you may be able to use these #2 conduit clamps to attach the panel to the posts.

 

[d fleming]

Connect to posts with angle and nuts/bolts.

 

[MMLLC]

What about welding up some rebar and make your own?

Choose one that fits in the corrugation.

 

[Pat Whatley]

My welder used to make 60" H-stakes for me from 3/8" steel rod for $10 each. Steel rod is pretty cheap if you've got a steel supplier near you. I'd avoid threaded rod, it tends to snap after wobbling in the wind for a while.