Reply With QuoteNot knocking your idea bigkyd. I did not even read your post before posting this one . Sounds like a good idea if you have the buckets. Should make a good stump field.
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Slabmaster
Save buckets do this.
Take a five gallon bucket , fill it to within 5 inches of the top with dirt. This will end up being roughly 25pds of quickcrete. Take Vaseline and coat the remaining five inches all the way around the bucket on the inside of course. Then put a plastic shopping bag in the bucket, pour in the quickcrete, when it sets you can pull the Crete right out of the bucket and reuse the bucket,
Last edited by Shot; 12-27-2009 at 04:03 PM.
Slabmaster
Not knocking your idea bigkyd. I did not even read your post before posting this one . Sounds like a good idea if you have the buckets. Should make a good stump field.
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No problem. I like your idea, seems to me like these would be more manageable than those 16 foot completed condos. I may or may not try to do some stumps but I am definately going to do some of the traditional condos and was trying to figure out the logistics of tranporting the finished condos to the lake. I doubt I would be able to get more than 2 completed ones in my boat but this way I could have several of these bases and one big bundle of bamboo and just assemble them on the spot. Seems to me the only drawback is the added cost of the pvc.
Have you put any out yet? I would also worry about the bamboo splitting when you put the screws in. Has that been an issue? Do you pre-drill a pilot hole?
I got 350 heads on a 305 engine.
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Slabmaster
I have put out a lot of these. I do drill 4 pilot holes through the PVC, so that I will have more angles to get the screws started. As far as the boo I don't. I'll cut the boo, so that the nuckel will be below the screw so that if it does split ,it will not pull out. Each bucket costs me roughly 4.50,but it is worth it to me because the simplicity of it all. Split 4 ways 1.12 per bucket.
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Sounds good. What is the best diameter pvc to use? Is that 1" in the pics?
I got 350 heads on a 305 engine.
I get 6 miles to the gallon.
I aint got no good intentions.
Slabmaster
Depends on how tall you want the brush pile. One inch will get you roughly 8 to 15 ft tall. 3/4 inch will get you 5 to 12 ft tall pile. Depending on the boo.
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Another idea to save buckets would to be dig holes in the ground fill with crete and let it cure for a few days if not a couple of weeks. Worked well for me in the past. The molds can be reused or filled in till you need them again... or just plant a tree there
Shawn Hines
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I tried this idea, vaselined the bucket as instructed, used the plastic bag, and wound up breaking the bucket trying to remove the concrete. I think in the future I am just going to use the disposable black buckets you get when you buy shrubs from a nursery.
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Some can be hard to pull out. I usually turn the bucket upside down and let it's own weight pull it out...
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Shot - I tried that 2 -3 times lightly tapping the bucket. I even tried pulling on the pieces of pvc trying to make it come out. Still no luck, then I nocked it over trying to really jar it and that is when the bucket broke.I could not get the second bucket to come loose either. I gave up in frustration and decided to use the shrubbery buckets which I have several of. I know one thing, the bucket that won't release is going to sink REAAAAAALLLLLLLLYYYYY fast and go nowhere!:p OOOOHHHHHH WELLLLLLL back to the drawing board.
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