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Would it be a bad idea to ecase a old 12v battery in a bucket of concrete to help sink a masive bundle of bamboo?
I had one on hand and if I drain the acid and wash out before I cover with concrete? Only polution would be the lead that I can think of. Might the concrete keep the lead contained?
I think that would be a really, really bad idea. I'm sure the game & fish commission wouldn't like it either.
HERE WE ARE FIGHTING JUST TO BE ABLE TO FISH WITH LEAD HEAD JIGS AND YOU COME UP WITH THIS BRAIN STORM......... USE CEMENT AND DISPOSE OF YOUR BATTERY AT THE RECYCLE PLACE.......:mad:
The lead is worse than the acid.....bad idea. Billy
I would hate to c what the EPA did to you during your trial with all them Bunny-Hugger's settin there wail'in about all the lost animal life here in Texas you'll get more time for shootin somebodies varmit then you'll will for your x-wife during a squable !
Maybe I should move to Texas.:D
Very bad idea!!
I have seen a couple batteries used for brush weights during a big drawdown a few years back. I wouldn't do it. One thing that I don't like to see is guys using old hydraulic oil buckets to sink brush. I feel like they can not be completely cleaned out. We have a lot of loggers in our area.
Please don't.
Use the car battery or move to Texas?Quote:
Originally Posted by fish_4_all
OP, in their own GENTLY way they are advising you to seek other forms of weight. Probably not the best idea...a nearby rock (natural) or a cinder block would do just as well and not cause any detriment to the ecosystem.
please dont you might start catching some two headed fish
This thread left me with mixed emotions, namely crying & laughing. Can't believe anyone would even consider dumping a battery in the water when it is a well-known fact there are much better, heavier things to use. I like to save up all my old thermometers and break open the glass, collect the mercury until I have enuf to fill one of those 15 gal
herbicide drums with that are so easy to get from farmers. This works perfect.
The old rods from a nuclear reactor are good too if you can get a word in when they are tearing down an old nuclear power plant, and have the unique quality of being able to locate yur brushpile with a geigercounter.
NO
From all the replys, kind of what I was thinking anyway. Just wondering if others used batterys for weight. I'll stick to concrete with no heavy metals.
BTW, I thought lead was only dangerous in Calliforinia.:rolleyes:
Move to Texas if you want but don't put batteries in the water. Lead is nothing compared to the other chemicals they use in them. Here you can be fined up to $1500 just for putting a battery larger than a D cell in the garbage.
Core charge on batteries here are 10.00 and recylers will pay some for them. Better sell to recycler and buy a bag od ready mix concrete.
Please never do that!!!
Dont let the game warden or Corp. of Engineers catch you.........
Or me either. I would turn someone in, in a heartbeat if I saw them purposely putting a battery in a waterway. Would be nothing to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappieTexan
I have to say I am pretty much a tree hugger. I like trees and the nature more than I like people, development, and even progress. Sucks to be a construction inspector sometimes but I do my part for the lakes I love by being a major ass on erosion control. :D
Racoon, china is buying up our precious metals like lead so much that batteries are worth quite a bit to recycle even without buying a new one. You could probably get 10-15 bucks out of it in lead, then you can go to the hardware store and buy some cinder blocks to sink your bamboo. I agree with everyone else. Sinking a battery is a really bad idea.
Very bad idea as other have stated. I once tried to neutralize a small 6volt battery with baking soda. I used a whole box and it was almost the same size as the battery and there was still unneutralized acid all over, basically it didnt make a dent in the acid and the acid was still oozing out from every internal part. Its not that simple.
Bad Idea
Maybe that's what happened to Jimmy Hoffa. Someone used him as a weight to hold down Crappie beads. I can hear it now. Ok Jimmy, we are going to make you some special concrete boots, and make sure that you stick your arms straight out from your side like a tree. We would like to catch some Crappie off of you. Battery .......... very bad idea.
Stupid is stupid does Forest.
Batteries are considered hazardous cargo for a reason. It is definitely illegal to 'introduce' that kind of stuff into Corps waters and could cost you plenty! I would venture to say that any waters it would be illegal, but I'm not sure on that.
As sportsmen, we vow to do all we can to uphold all that there is related to the improvment of fish and game. Placing batteries will defile these same waters and, in my humble opinion, is not consistent with that philosophy.
Please consider using something non-toxic like rocks, cement or concrete blocks. The more natural the better. I'm even thinking of using rocks exclusively. I can take a cordless drill with a concrete bit and bore holes in sandstone found on site to weight trees.
In the event that you just pullin' our chains, well, you got plenty of responses, eh? If you have already done this, please post the gps numbers sos we will know not to go there. lol
So here's to building good, productive fish habitat! <><
aj
PS: I wouldn't move to Texas. They don't have enough water. :)
This takes the cake.
Plse, so U don’t need battery I will commit battery &?? on my crabby neighbor and bring her to U, probably weighs 130# that should sink some brush. Just please don’t tell anybody where U place her;);)
It is not my nature to agree with so many people. This time i got to. What were you thinking!!!!!!
Oh my!!!! Gotta be a joke!!!!! Let's hope...That's like chumming with Penzoil.. VERY BAD IDEA!!!!!!
Oh man! bad idea.
These are the kind of people that keep cops(EPA) in a job....
I often use scuba gear to map out the area around a client's pier, and I almost always find something that they didn't know was there (at least that is what they say). Old appliances - refridgerators, microwaves, etc. - not a good idea. One clients best spot that he caught crappie from (before I put in my PVC reef) was an old toliet. He had no idea it was there - just knew that he caught fish there.
Another client's best spot was a plastic lawn chair, that he thought was stolden years ago. Apparently the wind had blown it off his pier.
We need to all try to use materials that will not harm our precious water. If I find materials that shouldn't be there - I'm going to do my best to pull them out and dispose of them properly.
Agreed, Bad Idea, 5 gallons of concrete will sink just about anything you can fit in most boats or drag. I would guess. It sure sinks the Cristmass trees good.
Looks like a porcelin toilet or plastic chair would be not worse than pvc. But old appliances should be a big no.
why would you take all the time and effort to build a crappie habitat to poison it ???"?
Be careful diving around docks. Electricity can do strange, strange things when around water. If you ever feel the least tingle in the water, do NOT, (I repeat) do NOT swim toward the dock. Buddy it will kill you dead.
I have been a certified diver since 1982 and I will not dive near a dock--especially one that has electricity running to it. I have seen, first hand, what carelessness or lack of maintenance will do for an unsuspecting soul swimming near an ungrounded or reverse-polarity dock.
aj
why not eat the battery and if you still feel like dumping it go ahead dumb@ss
Acid is not the problem - it would disperse rapidly and be undetectable almost immediately. Lead is the big problem. As the other guys said, this is a very bad idea and if you got caught would earn you a big fine or maybe even jail time.