I get the stakes from a company that makes all kind of wood trim.... it is mostly hardwood.....
The sticks are 16' long, 1" x 1" and they bundle them up for loading....
They load em for me and the best part is they are FREE....



Here is a load ready to go to the lake..... they are real easy to put out.... the plastic buckets keep from scratching up your boat and I use the handles to load and unload...