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When making stake buckets, I put between 6-8 stakes per bucket. My question is how many do most of you put in a group? I usually put 3-4 in one pod and another 3-4 ten to fifteen feet away.
Any ideas of where to find good buckets cheap that won't hurt the environment. I also sand my buckets so they will continue to attract fish when the stakes break down. Any thoughts on this as well?
A local deli here give away all their 5 gallon pickle buckets. I get about 3 or 4 a week. Might check with local restaurants too.
Bakeries , Delis, and Chinese restaurants are good place to look. If you concrete in hardwood stakes they should last for many years. I favor sinking 4 to 6 to a spot but some like more. I even like sticking stakes through horizontal as well as verticle to avoid tipping over.
Drilling 2 pairs of holes on the bottom 90 degrees apart and putting 28- 30" pieces of rebar or small PVC pipe thru them works well too...in the past have put both PVC and LONG lasting 4-5` long osage orange or other branches into the buckets after pouring the cement...
You don't have to have buckets. You can diga hole in the ground about the size of the bucket you would use and use that as you would use a bucket. Pour you creat into the hole abd put your steaks in the creak. When it sets up just pick it up out of the hole and reuse.
I use the pots I get my plants in. Check with your local landscaper they should have 100's of pots that make perfect bases
bakery stores and chain food stores with in house bakery, all the frosting, butter cremes of all sorts comes in buckets, found the best times was thursday thru Sat lots of cakes being decorated for weekend parties.
Drywall mud also comes in 5 gallon buckets...
Thanks for the tips. Had a misadventure this past weekend when putting them out. May post about it before to long.
Best idea ever. Thanks for sharing Harold. You will be missed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harold
Harold Wayne Piper, 69, passed away November 2, 2014. He was a retired engineer of 30 years for Union Pacific Railroad. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Plainview, Oak Grove Masonic Lodge #764, and an avid fisherman and follower of Crappie.com. He served his country in the US Navy and was a crew member of the icebreaker USS ATKA (AGB-3) during Operation Deep Freeze in 1966. He spent his spare time practicing woodworking, making furniture and cabinets for family and friends.
Harold Piper Obituary - Griffin Leggett Conway Funeral Home | CONWAY AR
rest in peace sir. salute
i agree slab, "best idea ever". keeps the plastic out of the picture.
If anyone has a concrete block plant in their area you can usually get broken blocks from them. They usually have a large "scrap" pile that they will let you dig through. I put stakes in the hole and fill with concrete- no bucket required. If you talk to the workers or maybe drop off a case of their favorite adult beverage at quitting time they will probably set aside the better scraps for you to pick up.
You can also save you old fish oil and lightly coat the inside of the bucket and after the concrete sets up it will slide out
Crisco works very well as long as it`s not really hot out and helps jump start the algae...
I would think a very small investment on different diameter sonotubes.. cut to what ever he you wanted according to how large the brush pile was would work great.....a short yet large diameter base would work great at resisting the pile turning over on it's side.....
Spray some pam on the inside of the tube for a release agent, when concrete cured just lift out of tube and use again..............