Creating a Lake

[s219]

Wow, that's a heck of a mess to deal with, but glad you got it fixed! Bet your dad feels bad about that one.

 

[bindian]

Eddie,
I agree about the "dumb" idea. I wish I never put a drain pipe on mind small pond. I have a post next to my pipe, but it can be hit from 3 other directions. The lawnmower hitting it could snap it.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Eddie,

Don't feel bad about the pipe. My dad installed the same setup when building his lake with thoughts of using it to fill up a tank for watering trees. Well, it ended up freezing and breaking the pipe and now his dam seeps water all year with no good way to fix it unless he drains the lake and digs out the pipe in the dam. At least you stopped your leak.

What about draining the lake, filling the pipe with Bentonite Clay, they capping the pipe with concrete?
hugs, Brandi

 

[EddieWalker]

Karen's son was here, so we decided to see if we could get some work done on the zip line. My 24 foot ladder was about ten feet short at getting to where I wanted the cable to go, so I rented a towable lift. Once the cable was secure in the tree, we unrolled the cable and hooked it to the backhoe, where I tightened it up. I'm going to make a permanent anchor, but needed to know where to put it first.

The cable wasn't tight enough, so that needs to be addressed. The height for the platform is good, but I need 16 foot 2x12's for my stairs to get up there. Then the platform will extend out 6 feet, which I'm hoping will make it easy for everyone.

I bought a deep sea fishing rod at Gander Mountain that had the largest real I could find for a reasonable price. It was on sale for $80. It's attached to the trolley with a key ring and it works pretty good at getting the trolley back to the platform. There is some issues with it when the trolley bounces around and the line gets tangled, but I'm hoping that becomes less of an issue once the platform is built and the fishing pole is up above the cable.



Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Karen's son was here, so we decided to see if we could get some work done on the zip line. My 24 foot ladder was about ten feet short at getting to where I wanted the cable to go, so I rented a towable lift. Once the cable was secure in the tree, we unrolled the cable and hooked it to the backhoe, where I tightened it up. I'm going to make a permanent anchor, but needed to know where to put it first.

The cable wasn't tight enough, so that needs to be addressed. The height for the platform is good, but I need 16 foot 2x12's for my stairs to get up there. Then the platform will extend out 6 feet, which I'm hoping will make it easy for everyone.

I bought a deep sea fishing rod at Gander Mountain that had the largest real I could find for a reasonable price. It was on sale for $80. It's attached to the trolley with a key ring and it works pretty good at getting the trolley back to the platform. There is some issues with it when the trolley bounces around and the line gets tangled, but I'm hoping that becomes less of an issue once the platform is built and the fishing pole is up above the cable.

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Eddie

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Eddie,
Darn that looks like a lot of fun on a hot day !

Do you have to use a special type of cable ? Turnbuckles on the end to tighten to the desired amount ?

Very cool ! :cool2:

 

[bindian]

Eddie you big kid!
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Eddie, you big kid!
hugs, Brandi

 

[dragoneggs]

Okay if not copper... how about a chemical etching on sheet metal? You can pick colors... sort of. Then maybe seal it? Just thinking out loud.

 

[EddieWalker]

A friend took this Saturday morning



I'm still trying to bend shingles. I can get them hot and flexible, I just haven't created the proper way to bend them and keep them bent. Five ideas have failed so far.

Eddie