do plastic milk crates float or sink?

[ecoast]

of course, I could add rocks, but was wondering

[CrappiePappy]

You would think being "plastic" that they'd float ... but, it could be high density plastic, which could sink like a rock. In any event, adding real rocks to it would insure it would sink.

I take it you're going to use it to sink your own "brushpile/condo" ... which should work just fine

[INTIMIDATOR]

You can use rocks, broken concrete, blocks, bricks, etc to sink them.
Milk crates are actually one of the best cover options to make....think of them as a big all-inclusive Stump.
I make ours with bricks in the bottom (Critters can make homes in the holes), and I fill the other 2 or 3 crates with fruit wood and hardwood. This draws the whole food chain, which draws the predators.
I probably have 500 sets in our home lake and they are some of the top producers in there. A local contractor had 2 pallets of bricks left over from a build and gave them to me, a buddy bought a property that had 1500 milk crates in a barn, and friends give me scrap Osage Orange to fill crates with. I use 250lb thick tie straps to hold everything together.
These will last many lifetimes.

[S10CHEVY]

The ones with the round holes, you could also use pvc in them, and secure with screws.

[ecoast]

yep; tie strap together with a couple rocks in bottom = EASY
(and stealthily fit in boat, too!)

tnx fellers

[Ketchn]

Interesting, I seen a few lawn chairs in my time as well

[ecoast]

Interesting, I seen a few lawn chairs in my time as well

Time to go garbage picking!!

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[BuckeyeCrappie]

I have hundreds of Osage Orange on my property that I am cutting down. This has given me some ideas, thanks!

[INTIMIDATOR]

I have hundreds of Osage Orange on my property that I am cutting down. This has given me some ideas, thanks!

Osage Orange or Hedge Apple is probably the best wood we have in Ohio for Building things...it is so dense, it just doesn't rot or disintegrate. Some of our 100 yr old fence posts are made of Osage.
The only bad part is you best have alot of chains for your saw!lol
When our Reservoir was flooded in 74 the old farm fence posts were Osage and left in...they are still producing today.
All that cover in the last pic plus 4 Osage buckets went into a small area (living room size) in 15 ft of water on top of a dropoff. It's one of my best producers all year long and every year!

["G"]

Bois D' Ark (Osage Orange)......was also used to make wooden aircraft propellers.