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Post by HankRocks on Feb 13, 2019 17:55:13 GMT -5
I have been storing rocks in 5 Gallon Buckets and stacking them all with lids. Noticed about a month ago that some of the bottom bucket lids were beginning to deform from the bucket on top after only about 7 or 8 months. Needed a different lid for the bottom buckets before I expanded my bucket storage. My solution, 12 inch Ceramic Tiles. I got them cheap at Lowes in the bargain pile. They will seal the buckets and support the weight, problem solved. My good crystal digging friend had brought me about 40 buckets in Oct, about 20 with lids. Started filling and stacking them over the last two days. Also using Milk crates stacked 2 high. The trick is to stack like material on top of each other, Choyas on top of Choyas. I plan on cover the whole area with a 16' X 10' foot tarp to keep the Pine Needles and leaves out of the area. I am a bit sore this evening so I am rewarding myself with a beer(maybe two) Here's some pictures; DSC_0309 by Findrocks, on Flickr DSC_0311 by Findrocks, on Flickr
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 18:04:32 GMT -5
That's a bright solution to one of the drawbacks of plastic versus the old metal buckets/lids/milk crates. The tarp will also help with another drawback: UV causing the plastic to get brittle. It all looks very neat!
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Post by fernwood on Feb 13, 2019 18:09:55 GMT -5
Cool solution. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 13, 2019 18:16:12 GMT -5
Milk Crates will fail eventually, same with metal buckets especially in Houston climate, hot and humid 6 or 7 months of the year. I bet some of you folks up in North country would take "hot and humid" for a few days.
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 13, 2019 18:17:59 GMT -5
Cool solution. Thanks for sharing. Every once in while I get 5 or 6 brain cells to get in synch and come up with a good idea
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 13, 2019 18:38:32 GMT -5
cool idea, but the big question is did you find anything you have been looking for in the process?
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Post by pauls on Feb 13, 2019 19:38:04 GMT -5
I like the plastic buckets too but prefer the large black poly plant pots, I pick them up really cheaply at the recycle yard at the rubbish tip. they come in lots of sizes so there's one for any quantity of whatever rock you want to keep seperate.
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 13, 2019 19:55:55 GMT -5
I like the plastic buckets too but prefer the large black poly plant pots, I pick them up really cheaply at the recycle yard at the rubbish tip. they come in lots of sizes so there's one for any quantity of whatever rock you want to keep seperate. I have used those before however the issue with them and their drain holes in the tropics here on the Gulf Coast is all the critters we have that use them as condos, especially the national bird of Houston, the Tree Roach. Big nasty suckers!!
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 13, 2019 20:02:38 GMT -5
cool idea, but the big question is did you find anything you have been looking for in the process? Yes I did, which has created more turmoil in the cutting queue!!
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Post by RWA3006 on Feb 15, 2019 22:16:52 GMT -5
I acquired 22 steel 55 gallon drums with lids. I was lucky that they have a nice coat of unobtrusive gray paint on them. I drilled a quarter inch hole in the bottom of each one to drain any water that might get in then I placed them in rows behind a cedar fence that screens them from the neighbors view. I'm really pleased with this setup.
I've found the best tarps are the free ones available at lumber yards. They pull them off the engineered wood products and throw them in their dumpster. They resist sun rot better than any tarps I've found.
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