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I just came into a lot of 4ft by 8ft pallets to make stake beds. How much weight (blocks) would it take to sink them and has anyone had any luck using these beds? I was planning on breaking some pallets apart and nailing these "stakes" to the other pallets. Thanks for any info.
Welcome LCRooster, Those pallets will be excellent size for stakebeds but be prepared to use a lot of weight to get them to sink, especially if they are pretty dried out. I would strip as many boards off the pallet as you can to help it to sink better. Just leave enough to have a sturdy frame. The stakes need to have 8 to 10 inches of space between them so the crappie can move around.
One friend of mine puts about 6 buckets on the corners and in the middle of the pallet. He places a board diagonally across the corners and screws the bucket onto this brace. when on the water they fill these buckets with rocks and shove it off.
I sank a standard 40 inch pallet one time and just turned it over and nailed about 20 or so stakes to it. I didn't strip any of the slats off the skid although they are face down in the mud. Took 8 concrete blocks to take it down!
Thanks for the info slabbandit. Wow, its going to take more weight than I thought.
I've had them float off into the sunset, they take a lot
of weight to sink, watch out for a hernia.
john b.
you might soak them befor you take them to the lake . a kids wading pool would be a good place . they are cheep .
Does anyone have any pictures of pallet stake beds? I have access to alot of pallets. just wondering what they should look like when you put them in the water. thanks
the pallets would be good if you have a pontoon boat or something to just roll em off the side. they are a pain to try and set off the side of a bass boat, and a lot of weight is need to sink em.
the easiest thing is the bamboo in a bucket, just roll it off the side of the boat and it sinks like a rock.
Here are some i just made they have about 60lb of concrete and a dozen or so stakes,i tried the whole pallet bed thing and after finding out just how hard they are to sink i decided to try this style and let me tell you it is a whole lot easier to get these in the water.
Did'nt say how thick boards are ,that makes a difference. I used a small 4' light square Oak pallet tied a few rocks on it. Take the pallet and saw all but one board in the center. Cut on each side of center support 2''x4''. Bend up and nail or screw these in place. The bottom set of cross boards are left and make it easy to tie on weights. Add more boards across the open ends. To these add up right stakes as well as the mid center 2''X4'' you cut boards lose from. This sounds confusing ,but saves pulling nails out. Maybe if I make one Slabandit will post a picture.:)Quote:
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Do those buckets show up on a depth finder?
They will if you're right over them going slow,it seems the longer they're in and the more alge that grows on them the better they show up.
We make 8 x 8 stake type beds. We set them on a converyor on the front of the work boat. Makes it easy to push off. We use used concrete blocks. We put 4 on the front and 4 on the back. That will sink them. We will start sinking them in Sept./Oct and we start fishing in mid Oct. It usually takes 6 months to 2 years for them to get prime. Although we have caught a few fish on them in less than a week.
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We put out the pallet style stakebeds. Ours are 8x8. We use 8 used concrete blocks and slide them over the upright stakes. We have a work boat with a conveyor on the front. It makes them real easy to put out. Our boat will be for sale in the fall, as we plan on putting out a few more beds and we think we would have enough. We have about 450 now.
We're lookin' at old barges now. Looks like they would work a whole lot better for large projects. Would like to see some pics of your set-up.
what kind/type of bucket is that and where can I find some?
Sac, you need to make friends with a dry wall crew in your area. Dry wall mud buckets are ideal.
Those are pool chemical buckets,they are perfect for stakes they hold about 60lb of concrete and are flared out at the top.I have a buddy that lives in the city and he gets them from a pool maintence company.
I stop by several bakeries and they give me thier icing buckets. They are shorter than a 5 gallon bucket and have had no harmful oils or chemicals in them.