I need help finding directional Field Trial signs. I'm looking for the paper ones that Purina used to have that you could staple to telephone poles etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Seven years after that post, we still have most of those signs. We recently bought some new ones that are half the height so store more easily. The signs Rebel Ridge uses are the best I have seen, though. They have stake names and arrows you attach to the sign with velcro. The signs are bright yellow and easy to see.
If you're on sign detail, I'll share two basic "rules of thumb" to make them more useful....particularly if the signs are for major roads as opposed to pff-road on the grounds.
1. Post the signs well in advance of the intersection. Maybe put two signs out...one a hundred yards and one say 20 yards. There's nothing worse than to first see a pertinent sign just as you drive by.
2. Put your signs on the left side of the road, not the right. On the right side many drivers will miss them or have a reduced time to recognize their meaning.
ayup,
took about ten min to do these last week. used publisher instead of word but ether works. printed on plain white paper and laminated. sign tips from my clubs sign guru Mel. sign in front of turn, a warning. sign at turn and then one more after turn to show they did take the right rout.
I know!
as I was pulling up the signs at 3 in the afternoon a smal child on a bike rode past me and asked what a
"tring" (how she said it) day was? it was very funny as I had readed over it tons and not seen a thing.
Dang those smart kids these days
but everyone found the field and stood in the hot sun played fetch.
Years ago when I ran the events in Upstate NY for the WIA, we had a run of T-shirts done at a local screen printer's shop. The back showed the WIA logo, 2 wood ducks flying with a woodie box in the image, and the caption around the outside circle "Conserve Game, hunt with a Trained Retriever"
The printer ran about 4 dozen before he found that the spelling said "Retiever".
We sold the "seconds" and the new properly spelled batch both. Seconds were at a significant discount. As I recall, he wanted to not take a total bath, so we agreed to pay him a reduced price. We sold out of all of them!
The print shops here refer to these as "bandit signs". As JTS said, they're the corrugated plastic material that are used for elections, new housing developments, etc. They're called bandit signs because they tend to magically appear overnight on esplanades, along roadways, etc, often by the hundreds. Our club used a company in this area called FastSigns. Fast, waterproof and relatively cheap. They're usually done in a week. You can either use the "H" shaped metal stakes they supply or make your own.
I used to be a typesetter. No matter how hard you try and how many people proofread your material, something's going to slip through occasionally. Usually the most embarrassing combination possible, LOL.
My boss once declared "there must be NO MORE typographic errors." We told him maybe HE ought to help with the proofreading.
Phyllis - Also consider someone who does political signs.. Way cheap. I tried to give Newt several thousand of the metal frames but he couldn't be bothered.
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
RetrieverTraining.Net - the RTF
1.4M posts
32.2K members
Since 2003
A forum community dedicated to retriever owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about breeding, training, health, behavior, housing, adopting, care, classifieds, and more!