Posted by SteveB on November 9, 2008, 9:07 pm
I was out scrounging today at a location where they abandoned a dirt
operation. I was looking for plate and screen. I found a lot of both,
particularly industrial screen that I now can make a hefty sifter to
separate fine soil from the local rocks.
What I did find were a dozen 40" diameter collars. They are galvanized
steel, and use two allthread devices to suck them up. They were intended to
join two large sections of galvanized pipe together. They are 16" wide, so
they are perfect for tree rings. Having the split in them, just pull them
apart, go around they tree, and bolt them together.
Two of them stacked would make one perfect raised bed.
Scrounging can be a good thing.
We also found where someone had taken down a very large tree. They sawed it
into 16" lengths. We loaded the pickup up, and I have a splitter. Easier
than driving the 80 mile round trip to the local forest cutting grounds.
Steve
- Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. - Barack
Obama
Posted by Omelet on November 9, 2008, 8:13 pm
> I was out scrounging today at a location where they abandoned a dirt
> operation. I was looking for plate and screen. I found a lot of both,
> particularly industrial screen that I now can make a hefty sifter to
> separate fine soil from the local rocks.
>
> What I did find were a dozen 40" diameter collars. They are galvanized
> steel, and use two allthread devices to suck them up. They were intended to
> join two large sections of galvanized pipe together. They are 16" wide, so
> they are perfect for tree rings. Having the split in them, just pull them
> apart, go around they tree, and bolt them together.
>
> Two of them stacked would make one perfect raised bed.
>
> Scrounging can be a good thing.
>
> We also found where someone had taken down a very large tree. They sawed it
> into 16" lengths. We loaded the pickup up, and I have a splitter. Easier
> than driving the 80 mile round trip to the local forest cutting grounds.
>
> Steve
Nice score!
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Peace! Om
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot
survive." -- Dalai Lama
Posted by Omelet on November 9, 2008, 8:14 pm
> - Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. - Barack
> Obama
Cite please where Obama actually said that???
That's fascinating.
--
Peace! Om
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot
survive." -- Dalai Lama
Posted by Wilson on November 10, 2008, 9:42 am
sometime in the recent past Omelet posted this:
>
>> - Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. - Barack
>> Obama
>
> Cite please where Obama actually said that???
> That's fascinating.
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/32082.html attributes it to Homer
Simpson and I see no references to accrediting Barack. Me thinks a leg hath
been pulled.
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Wilson N44º39" W67º12"
Posted by Omelet on November 10, 2008, 9:51 am
> sometime in the recent past Omelet posted this:
> >
> >> - Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. -
> >> Barack
> >> Obama
> >
> > Cite please where Obama actually said that???
> > That's fascinating.
> http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/32082.html attributes it to Homer
> Simpson and I see no references to accrediting Barack. Me thinks a leg hath
> been pulled.
Which is why I prefer cites for some stuff anymore before stating them
as facts. <g>
--
Peace! Om
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot
survive." -- Dalai Lama
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> operation. I was looking for plate and screen. I found a lot of both,
> particularly industrial screen that I now can make a hefty sifter to
> separate fine soil from the local rocks.
>
> What I did find were a dozen 40" diameter collars. They are galvanized
> steel, and use two allthread devices to suck them up. They were intended to
> join two large sections of galvanized pipe together. They are 16" wide, so
> they are perfect for tree rings. Having the split in them, just pull them
> apart, go around they tree, and bolt them together.
>
> Two of them stacked would make one perfect raised bed.
>
> Scrounging can be a good thing.
>
> We also found where someone had taken down a very large tree. They sawed it
> into 16" lengths. We loaded the pickup up, and I have a splitter. Easier
> than driving the 80 mile round trip to the local forest cutting grounds.
>
> Steve