On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:19:14 -0800 (PST), Ken Cook wrote:

I think you must mean the ones that have a stand. Mine are the Met O
90 degree bent stem so the scale lies horizontally on the soil
surface, so no probs with wind.

So something like:

http://www.smg.gov.mo/www/dm/equip/e_bentGT.htm

Being troden on is probably a bigger danger. Think I'd make mesh
guard of some sort to place over them, if only to make them a bit
more obvious in the grass.

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.