Colmet 4-ft x 4-in The Original Attached-Stake Green Steel Landscape edging section with stakes
How do you separate the spikes from the end of the green landscape piece
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I used lineman's pliers and a strong hand. If you have a vice available you could close the band in the jaws and use the lineman's pliers to snap them apart.
Was this Answer Helpful ?Breaking off the attached stakes is very straight forward and fairly easy; the key is good leverage. Use a hand tool with a long handle, (channel locks, vice grips, crescent wrench). Do not use standard pliers as the handle is too short and you will not achieve good leverage. Attach the tool near the wide end of the stake and secure the entire piece of edging by leaning on it with your weight or place it on the ground and while kneeling, place your foot on it. Then, with the tool attached bend the stake up and down using small motions. DO NOT try and simply pull, or break off the stake as that will be very difficult. Once the stake starts to give a little bit you can move it up and down more and more, and it will snap off as the metal fatigues. There is no need at all for any type of power tool to remove the attached stakes.
Was this Answer Helpful ?I had to get my husband to use a wrench because it was too difficult for me to do it.
Was this Answer Helpful ?I use two large adjustable wrenches. One wrench on the stake and the other on the edging. Don't try to do it in one movement. Use the advantage of "metal fatigue" and just keep flexing it until it snaps. Usaually I can do one piece (four stakes) in less than a minute
Was this Answer Helpful ?I found that the easiest way was to put the end in a vice and bend it back and forth. Two bends and they snap right off.
Was this Answer Helpful ?With a hacksaw and considerable effort
Was this Answer Helpful ?pliers
Was this Answer Helpful ?With a pair of vise grips
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