Someone tell me how to sink some pallets. I have some pallets with some wood stakes nailed and screwed into them. They look great, but I have been told they are VERY HARD to sink and keep in place. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Someone tell me how to sink some pallets. I have some pallets with some wood stakes nailed and screwed into them. They look great, but I have been told they are VERY HARD to sink and keep in place. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
I would think preassembled pallet beds would be hard to transport and would be pretty awkward to deploy, especially when weighted properly... definitly not a one man job.
This thread talks about sinking pallets.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/crapp...stakebeds.html
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Always put pallet upside down (fewest boards down) nail on stakes add rocks inside , time will be the best judge of how much weight. Place pallets with bottom boards pointing out from or across boat rail so they don't hang. One guy can usually slide over board on a good sized boat with no problem.
you can take two 2x4s and put one end of them on the front of the boat, then put the pallet on the boards. When you get to the spot just raise one end. You can tie a jug to the top to help keep it upright.
Never sank one... but I would think you would need a toon boat with the rails removed with rollers mounted near the edge of the deck and push em over....
My thoughts.........
I'd just wire a couple of concrete blocks to it and fasten a couple of jugs to the top to keep it upright on the way down.
I think a forklift attachment for the boat would be the way to go for sinking pallets.;)
It takes at least 3 12in concrete blocks to get them to sink where you want them.
Why use blocks? Rocks are free and witj them stuck inside pallet it is easier to sink them right side up. A neighbor tried tie'n blocks on top and pallets flipped over.:rolleyes::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinjerk
I used to sink pallets in my early fishin days...
I was lucky in that there is a state transportation department office very near me...
They have a pile of concrete "test samples"....that weigh about 20 lbs...
These "test samples" are made when the state is building a concrete project (bridge) which requires them to test the crush strength in every concrete truck that delivers to that state project....
The "test samples: fit very neatly in the slats of the pallets...
I keep hearing about these concrete test samples, but I don't know anywhere around here where you can get them.
Any commercial construction testing firm. We have them make what we call cylinders so they can break them and make sure the concrete is up to specs. They usually have a lot of leftovers unless we get a bad batch of concrete.Quote:
Originally Posted by blairarnold