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My neighbor is cleaning up an old woods and we found about 20 concrete posts that are 9ft long by about 8 or 10" square. They are reinforced and have eyes at each end, although most of the eyes aren't in great shape.
I'm thinking if these could be formed into tripods in 15-20' of water they'd make great cover that would outlast all of us, but I can't imagine how to get them to stand up until they were tied together without a diver.
Anybody have any ideas?
Maybe they would make good weights to place on top of brush pile to hold it in place??;)
Check your local regs before putting something like that in a lake. That could really destroy a lower unit in low water conditions.
I figure I'd have to clear it with the managers of the lake I have in mind. It doesnt drop in the winter, so I could be pretty sure of keeping plenty of water over them. Seems like a waste if they just get used for fill.Quote:
Originally Posted by feelay
unless you put "feet" on them and join them by the "eyes".......you would need a large platform like a pontoon.....and some strong folks to help "deploy" them......may want to make them the "center" piece of another type structure with 'boo and/or pvc.....like a big metal/plastic water trough as a base and add the quickcrete and 'boo/pvc to make a large structure since you have the heavy center piece..........still have to consider how hard it will be to deploy once it is constructed.............or use the eyes to tie off to as the anchor of a "floating" 'boo mat?????? good luck and post some pics when you get'r done
How much do they weigh? I would figure at least a couple hundred pounds each. If so, that may be a little too heavy to deal with out of a boat with several of those attatched together.
I think these would work great if you have a body or two that you need to get rid of :)
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Originally Posted by Harold
Be careful launching them. I would hate to see what that kinda weight would do to a boat if it was slid off without a board to protect the boat. It would be like launching a Crab pot off the North Western on the Deadliest catch. Dont get caught in the rope! I think I would use them as a foundation for a nice shed in the back yard to put all my yard stuff in. This frees up more room in my garage for fishing stuff. Good luck and stay safe.
I was actually thinking that I could hang them under a pontoon boat by dragging them into the water at the ramp, with a rope at each end, then pulling the ropes up front and back.
The only idea I've gotten that seems at all practical is to take three posts, get some pipe to hold the legs apart and tie the three posts together at the other end, making a tripod. Assemble it in the water, just deep enough to submerge them, then lift them by the tops and carry them to their final location.
Seems like it's going to be more trouble than it's worth, but they'd be some serious attractors.
OK, by my calculations, at 9' long and 8" square, that is 5 cubic feet of concrete. An 80lb bag of quickcrete makes approximately 0.6 cubic feet, according to their website.
That means eeach one of those pillars weighs about 675 lb.
HOLY CRAP :eek:. If you are looking for somebody to tow 3 of those out in the lake, DO NOT CALL ME!!! And I am also withdrawing my name from helping you load them also.
get the scuba gear
and a crane
And a barge and tug boat.:DCF
Does the lake freeze hard enough in the winter to set them on the ice then let mother nature do her thing? It would be sweet to have them up here in Northern IL. It wouldn't be any problem at all to get them in location this winter after we get a foot or two of ice.
Get a concrete saw and cut them into chunks, wrap wire around, and use them as weights to sink brushpiles.
Gman
recheck the math;)Quote:
Originally Posted by LMBarnett
9' (108'') x 8x8 is 6912 cubic ''.
6912 divided by 1728 (12x12x12) cubic ft. is 4 cubic ft.
4 cubic ft divided by .6 is 6.6666667 sacks and multiply that x 80 lbs .
If your numbers are correct it weights only about 533 lbs. :eek:
I think you better break up , not risk hurting yourself
Thats only 1500+ pounds of concrete, gotta be a barg that wold mave it into place for ya.
Here is what I would do:
Take them out individually and drop them in a triangular shape about 6 feet apart. Then I would sink structure inbetween them for a massive brush pile/PVC condo type structure. The hard part is getting them to deeper water if you are using a boat that can't carry them. You could make PVC Condos that slip over them so they stay in place and maybe try to tie them in place with the eye bolts somehow.
3 structures set a little ways apart COULD provide a really nice habitat that will attract a lot of species of fish and wold give a massive area that the crappie may be drawn to big time.
Nimrod, you are correct, I was using 8" as .75', I'm an idiot, I'll admit it, good thing I dropped out of engineering school after 2.5 years, huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Reason I refigured weight sounded high. Still sounds awful heavy!:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by LMBarnett
No matter which calculation is right, that sounds like a heck of a lot of work and risk for a fish attractor. Just imagine going through all that and dropping it in a bad spot. We've all sank brush snd whatnot in places that should have been great honeyholes only to come up empty year after year. But at least those piles only took a few blocks to sink. 1500 pounds!!! My boat only weighs about 2500.