Thread: Condo question

Originally Posted by gabowman

Ttree limbs, bamboo, brush, anything natural is good structure and readily accessable. I believe I'd leave the steel alone.:o

The lake closest to my house will only allow PVC structures. Natural stuff supposedly puts of a carcingin levels too high for a drinking source. Now what are we supposed to do?
HaHa
DP

Best part of your idea was you'd have no problem getting it to the bottom....I learned a lot reading the posts of the others here. I guess it would rip up some line pretty fast. At least you're brainstorming!

My idea of useing the rebar(or other metal) for the 'branches" is indeed a bad idea. And I would certainly hate to think I was the cause of damage to someones boat. But, I am going to experiment with useing metal pipe as a horizontal trunk and cane as the branches. And have cable attached to pipe so as to be retrivable for replacement of cane.

Anyone that has not seen Lake Millwood would not think about wood causing damage to the drinking source. Most of this lakes water is supplied by cold running rivers and mountain fed streams.
Wood structures--the entire lake is nothing but stumps--there is not a safe place anywhere to run a boat without hitting something at times and ski-ing is out of the question. Millwood is used as a water source for Texarkana and the surrounding small towns along with Lake Wright Patman. I am sure there is other lakes that help supply these bigger ones.
I just go by the local laws and policies when placing condo's--If you search hard enough you can find much brush and trees already in the water where the beaver cuts them down.
Darryl posted a video of some guys putting out willow with sand bags--To myself this is much easier--all I need is sand bags with rocks or gravel in them plus a small saw to cut off branches. Rocks can be found on the banks most of the time.
Of course the Millwood lake manager gave me permission to use all dead cedar and trees in danger of falling into the water but he gave me a limit of how far inland I could go. Standing nice trees were off limits but that still left many many trees to use. The Park Rangers went with me in my boat and mapped the area I was building condo's, plus they were going to hold a christmas tree drive to assist the crappie fisherman in getting trees to use. Since I have moved further south toward Fouke and the Mercer Bayou but I intend to do something down in this area and Lake Erling.
Of course all of this is my opinion and the way I do things---We are all grown ups we make our own decisions and we all will do what is right in the long run.
I know we all care about our natural resources and that is quite clear on this website or we would not be discussing this subject.---Correct

Sorry for the long winded post and no I am not a lecturer on anything.---HA HA

Originally Posted by Backwater Man

I hear what you are saying about PVC--It may be that most water is purified, but I have well water.
I know that making or storing wine or booze in plastic jugs is bad tasting and may be a health hazard.
Supposely the chemicals within the PVC material takes a while to surface---I do know the Millwood lake manager told the park rangers to stop and fine anyone abusing the lake and to report them to him.
Buckets is what a lot of crappie fisherman use for condo's---I have switched to trees and sandbags--much easier to use and to place out in the water.

Sandbags sounds interesting, what kind of bags works best? Cheaper than cement too.