Thread: cedar

Wire them together and tie on a concrete block. Another way is pour buckets of concrete and insert limbs before it sets up. Either way sounds easier than what you have in mind.

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Wire them together and tie on a concrete block. Another way is pour buckets of concrete and insert limbs before it sets up. Either way sounds easier than what you have in mind.

How is wiring 4 limbs to a concrete block any easier than drilling a hole in them and sliding them down over a pc of 3/4 " pvc that's already set up in concrete?

Here's what i wound up doing with the limbs i got off the cedar we cut down. I took some 1/2 inch pvc and conduit put 6 nails through the bottom of the pipe set them in approximately 60 lbs of concrete. I drilled holes through the limbs slid them down on the pipe after the concrete set. I ran a bolt through the top of the pipe to keep them from coming off.

I think they'll make some excellent cover in 5-10 ft of water. I should be able to dump two of them each time I go out.

You are good to go now!! Just hollow when you want to put some out and I will come help, follow, or something.

Originally Posted by callshy

You are good to go now!! Just hollow when you want to put some out and I will come help, follow, or something.

Sure, just let me know where you want them. We'll need to put them close to those others you already have out. Send me some coordinates so I can plug them into my handheld.........

have you put these out yet? just wandering cause it looks like to me that if you try to pick them up by the ceder the crete is gonna bee too heave and break your PVC and vice verca if you bick it up by the bucket...

Originally Posted by bp_lee24

have you put these out yet? just wandering cause it looks like to me that if you try to pick them up by the ceder the crete is gonna bee too heave and break your PVC and vice verca if you bick it up by the bucket...

They went in fine. nothing broke.

Originally Posted by abarkley

They went in fine. nothing broke.

I did something similar to this once before. i used 1 1/2" pipe but did not drill holes. I tied a piece of electric fence wire across a fork in a big limb. Put two or three on like this and the just used a tee with a couple foot long pieces of pipe glued into it for the top of the pipe sticking out of the crete. Just glued it on and it worked for a good cap. CF