Thread: Buckets

Got 7 bags of portland cement for $.25 a piece today.....busted at lowes....probably 6 bags worth total. :D

I was just looking at Nimrod's post about drilling holes in the bucket and using rocks. In the past I have seen other posts that talk about using rocks because they are cheaper than the concrete.

Wouldn't it be possible to put in the PVC pipes like Mr. Paty is doing, fill with rocks or gravel up to about six inches from the top and cap off with concrete? You could make several buckets with only one bag of concrete...a couple of screws drilled in from the outside into the concrete part in the bucket would hold it in place...

Just my $.02...

Yes that would work too. With the boards through the sides of the buckets it does'nt turn over. I sink them with no concrete at all in shallow water (less than 10') . The boards are horizontial and vertical , this works great. I think this method using buckets and boards should last many years. For us wood always out produces PVC and is free (scrap boards from saw mill or old pallets).

I've started using small to medium sized cardboard boxes to sink bamboo. Since I don't have much access to buckets, and I have a lot of boxes laying around I use them.

As long as the quikcrete isn't too wet, they do just fine.