Creating a Lake

[EddieWalker]

I like the idea, but wonder if it's doable? The run will be 400 feet and I'm not sure I know how to create all the moving parts. This is something that I'm building for the party after my wedding and I'm pretty sure there will be a few people who use it while drinking. Keeping it simple and making it reliable is my main goal. The trolleys that I've looked at all bolt together, so getting it off at the end of the run and walking it back to the platform has too much potential for parts to get lost. Then bolting it back together on the platform, which will be over water means something is going to fall in, probably the bolt, but I wouldn't be surprised if the trolley fell in too.

So far, this is the most complicated part of the plan.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

I like the idea, but wonder if it's doable? The run will be 400 feet and I'm not sure I know how to create all the moving parts. This is something that I'm building for the party after my wedding and I'm pretty sure there will be a few people who use it while drinking. Keeping it simple and making it reliable is my main goal. The trolleys that I've looked at all bolt together, so getting it off at the end of the run and walking it back to the platform has too much potential for parts to get lost. Then bolting it back together on the platform, which will be over water means something is going to fall in, probably the bolt, but I wouldn't be surprised if the trolley fell in too.

So far, this is the most complicated part of the plan.

Eddie

 

[jrepp44]

Google "auto return zip line"

One hit of many:

TROLLEY RETURN SPOOL

 

[philbuilt]

Hey Eddie,
here a link to that zip line that I mentioned earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXRm8j7hDnc&noredirect=1

 

[philbuilt]

Hey Eddie,
here a link to that zip line that I mentioned earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXRm8j7hDnc&noredirect=1

 

[EddieWalker]

Google "auto return zip line"

One hit of many:

TROLLEY RETURN SPOOL

Thank you!!! I never thought to search for something like this and really appreciate the link. I bookmarked the page and plan on doing more research on what's out there.

Eddie.

 

[EddieWalker]

I finished off the last log today and bolted them all into place. Next step will be building the beams.



Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

One of the things we are trying to figure out is what to plant in the concrete pipes surrounding the peninsula. There are 20 of them and when the water rises, they will be little islands full of flowers. The wedding is in August, which means hundred degree temps every day, which is why we are having the ceremony at 10AM, but having plants that flower then that we like is kind of a challenge.

Our ideal flower would be red roses of some kind. Online searches show that there are some rose bushes that are supposed to flower all summer long, but in reading the reviews, some do and some don't. So far the search continues. Next we are thinking of another plant that has red flowers, but nothing seems to bloom in August.

Then there is the thought that it doesn't have to be roses or even red, just colorful. Which means we can either find something and plant it now, or just wait until the week before the wedding and plant a bunch of annuals and hope they last long enough for the wedding.

Who knows their plants and what do you suggest?

Thanks,
Eddie

 

[lostcreekranch]

Eddie; Take a look at the knock out roses. They bloom all summer until you get a frost.

 

[EddieWalker]

Very impressive. Do you have any? Do they perform as advertised? They sound perfect, but a bit pricey. Since I need 20 of them, do you think one gallon pots will fill in my August?

Eddie