Ordering The Trail Markers

The trail blazers that I chose to use was Voss Signs. I went to multiple websites and read reviews of Voss signs and found that they were the most durable plastic trail blazers. Once I ordered the trail blazers and received them I had to order screws. Each trail blazer has two holes to either drill or nail them into a tree. I decided to use wood screws instead of wood nails because the screws will result in less damage to the tree and the blazers will be securely posted. By using nails, the blazers will be easy to remove, while screws cannot be removed without a drill.

Upon walking through the trails, there were multiple old plastic trail markers which had been posted with nails. These trail markers were broken or dangling on a tree by a single nail. By using screws, the trail markers will not be prone to falling off and people will not be able to remove them. The next step was to determine the size of the nails. I was originally going to use 1 and a half inch nails but upon visiting the trails once more, I chose 2 inch nails instead. Some of the trees were older and quite thicker and 1 and a half inch nails would not securely post the markers. I decided that 2 inch nails would easily secure markers onto both small and large trees.