Who are the biggest procrastinators in construction? You got it! Snow plow drivers. Don’t feel too bad, how can you start preparing for the upcoming snow removal season when every day is 60 degrees and clear and there is still regular warm weather work to be done? Then BAM! Weather Channel says we’re getting 6-24″ of that fluffy white stuff in the next 24 hours. So, now you have to install your snow stakes into frozen ground because you blew it off when the ground was nice and soft. So, now what? Read on and watch our video to see how to install driveway markers into frozen ground.

As you can see, even wood snow stakes can be installed into frozen ground. In fairness, when we tested this out, the temperature was only 25 degrees. It had been that way for about a week and there were a couple of inches of snow on the ground. When the snow lands, most contractors wave the white flag and give up putting snow stakes onto their properties. With our more recent weather patterns, snow accumulation is melting faster and giving snow plow guys another opportunity at getting their stakes into the ground before another snow storm hits and covers the landscape.

The first thing you want to consider, is to not force the driveway marker installation process once the ground has hardened up. In most cases, you can find enough softer spots to install the amount of stakes needed. If you’re hitting patches that are simply too frozen, you will have to use the drill bit or snow stake install tool. Otherwise, you can literally install the snow stakes into frozen ground as you would normally.

You can see here how to install stakes with the install tool, and also, view the driveway marker installation process here with the Shark Tooth Drill Bit. In most cases, you can easily install the snow stakes into frozen ground with a little extra work and using the tools that we provide.