Stake Driving Boat

[Cane Pole]

DO NOT LET CANEPOLE SEE THIS!!! ALL H-LL WILL BREAK LOOSE.... lol

Not really.

[Cane Pole]

You could make some money hiring yourself out with that thing. Nice job.

My neighbor at the lake has a rig similar to this. He hires Mexicans to do the stake driving. Don't blame him, He ain't a young pup no more. I keep an "eye out" though.

[crappiefarmer]

That right there is the dangdest rig I have ever seen. A lot of thought went into that thing. I know it will be a stake driving machine. CF

[arkdrakehunter]

Alright I'll be the dumb butt who ask the question. How do you drive the stakes in the ground? I might be missing something in your pictures, I see what holds the stakes in place but after that I'm lost. You need to come down to south Arkansas to demostrate it to some of us locals around Lake Chicot.:D:D You could make a killing down here with the dock owners. I bet bamboo would work in that rig too.

[foul hook]

That is a man after my own heart. That is what I call having a plan and following threw. I dont place steak beads but if I did I would copy that design. You should run down to the patten office .

[flycaster]

Alright I'll be the dumb butt who ask the question. How do you drive the stakes in the ground? I might be missing something in your pictures, I see what holds the stakes in place but after that I'm lost. You need to come down to south Arkansas to demostrate it to some of us locals around Lake Chicot.:D:D You could make a killing down here with the dock owners. I bet bamboo would work in that rig too.

I don't have a stake in this (pun intended)
The white pvc pipe in the racks on the side, you will notice that there is a long small diameter pipe then a large diameter pipe. The small diameter is the handle and the large diameter goes into the tubes on the deck. The stakes are guided into the large diameter pipe in the handle, then the handle is pushed/pounded down forcing the stakes into the lake bottom.
I hope that I explained it so you can understand it. That is the way I see that it would work.:D:D
If this is wrong maybe Barry will come in to correct me.
flycaster

[Dawgmanx2]

Here is the link to Barry's project

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Barry:
You will have to explain what those white pvc thingies are that are neatly hanging on the rack on the boat.

John;
Thanks for posting pics for me, :D i have a mac and don't know squat about this stuff. I think what your asking about is the drivers. I think I used 1 1/2" schedule 40 pvc for the handles and 3" pvc for the throat. Different lengths for different depths.
Thanks again for your help
Barry

[Dawgmanx2]

Dawgman,you have way,way too much free time!Awesome boat and creat concept.

lol, you are about the fifth person telling me about free time. Just tried to come up with a easy safe way to put beds out by myself. Hard to find help when you working. Thanks for the input
Barry

[Dawgmanx2]

Holy Mole-e What A Machine You Got There . You Are Really In To Stakes How Did You Ever Come Up With That Idea Where Are You Driving Stakes At.

I got some of the ideas from the guides boat in Paris, TN. Bought the pontoon from ranger ed here on crappie.com. He puts out as many beds as anyone I know of and got some idea's from what he has done. Talked to alot of folks that have put beds out and with the help of a good friend Randall McClain this is what we came up with.
Thanks for input.
Barry

[Dawgmanx2]

i just need Dawgman to bring that machine to Florida and we can use that machine here in the local lakes. Water depth some lakes max 12feet, sandy bottoms, no structure in lakes.

hmmmmm, with the weather as cold as its been around west tn, florida don't sound to bad. lol