Crap pipe

tomplum · Jun 16, 2019

No really. Some lady had a 10' piece of pipe laying by her garage that she said she wished get husband would get rid of. I volunteered to help as I rarely let free steel go. Threw it on the rack and just had a look. Had some black coating and some writing on it. Turns out that it is 3" cast iron soil pipe. New. Tg. No idea what it may become, but am I thinking right that its going to be brittle and hard to weld? Did I just get myself a bird house pole?

jaxs · Jun 17, 2019

Bird house pole? Afraid not,too bulky and heavy. If you don't keep one for this kind of situation,you can buy a Ridgid soil pipe cutter for $500 to make 5 two foot sections for trotline weights.:laughing:

CalG · Jun 17, 2019

Fill it full of rocks and concrete and set it in the yard. Call it something to heavy to move.

Or use it for a drain pipe, a roller, a building support, or even a bird house pole. but only ten feet? No good for Martins.

Thomas · Jun 17, 2019

Dig round hole 3 to 4 feet deep stick 1 end into ground pack dirt around pipe fill it full of cement you got mailbox post.

ovrszd · Jun 17, 2019

I used one with a 90 degree elbow and short horizontal piece for a basketball hoop pole. Worked awesome.

WranglerX · Jun 17, 2019

Why be in hurry to apply it to something, maybe tomorrow you may need it for drain across driveway or something....

That is why you had surplus materials supply....

Dale

jaxs · Jun 17, 2019

DL Meisen said:
Why be in hurry to apply it to something, maybe tomorrow you may need it for drain across driveway or something....

That is why you had surplus materials supply....

Dale

That's what previous owner was doing. After 10 years,his wife got rid of it 2 weeks before he needed it.:laughing:

3Ts · Jun 17, 2019

Cast iron pipe is pretty limited in what you can do with it. Someone with a smelter might be interested in it. Otherwise it's pretty much limited to the options already mentioned and requires specialty tools to do anything with it.