Useless to Useful

[KDM]

Thought I'd start a thread with something positive in an effort to offset ongoing negativity and moshpit theatrics. I have a few 275 gallon liquid totes previously used for firewood, where the bottom pallet is busted up pretty bad. Instead of tossing the whole thing out to clutter up the landfills or other disposal sites I decided to make useful panels out of the cages. I cut the rounded corners off the cages made of 1/2 inch conduit and connected them with 3/4 inch conduit and sections of old plastic water line I had laying around. When I connect opposite sides together I come up with one panel at 6'4" and one panel at 5ft. Now you may ask what good are these? Well I plan to use some of them to protect newly planted trees and some of these will be trellises for grapes, cucumbers, and other vine crops while still others will be used to try to keep chickens out of places they shouldn't be. Feel free to add to this thread with other ideas of how to repurpose otherwise useless item. Here is a pic of what I did. It's the 6'4" panel. Hope it works. Enjoy!!

 

[Davey Crockett]

Good idea and good topic, I'm going to enjoy this thread.

 

[deleted member]

put 2 together in an A-Frame configuration for fruit and vegetable trelliseseses. i used something similar the cucumbers loved em. plant directly below the center line.

 

[Trapper62]

I'd slant them so they are south facing and plant at the bottom, then train the vines to climb. I got just over 500 cucumbers off of this 16 foot trellis

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[mikef]

I'd slant them so they are south facing and plant at the bottom, then train the vines to climb. I got just over 500 cucumbers off of this 16 foot trellis

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Thanks for the idea. I might try. I put a chain link vertical with not great results

 

[wslayer]

That will work great. Got similar and sure helps not to have to crawl around on the ground for cuc's

 

[tikkalover]

What would I turn Useless to Useful

Some of the user’s on this site!!

 

[NodakBob]

I doubt I can make anything useful out of this relic…

 

[NodakBob]

Leftover scraps of 2” pvc pipe and a scrap of decking board = rod rack

 

[Davey Crockett]

I doubt I can make anything useful out of this relic…

Yes you can..... Put it together and dunk it in the water and it will quit growling and work as good as new.

 

[701FishSlayer]

I once took multiple roaches and formed 1 Marijuana cigarette. I'm a bit of a repurposer too.

 

[jdfisherman]

Yes you can..... Put it together and dunk it in the water and it will quit growling and work as good as new.

I thought I was the only one that knew the magic trick for fixing a Zebco

 

[scrotcaster]

Leftover scraps of 2” pvc pipe and a scrap of decking board = rod rack

what did you use to cut the slits in the pvc ? Dremmel ?

 

[NodakBob]

what did you use to cut the slits in the pvc ? Dremmel ?

Jigsaw

 

[Lycanthrope]

Thought I'd start a thread with something positive in an effort to offset ongoing negativity and moshpit theatrics. I have a few 275 gallon liquid totes previously used for firewood, where the bottom pallet is busted up pretty bad. Instead of tossing the whole thing out to clutter up the landfills or other disposal sites I decided to make useful panels out of the cages. I cut the rounded corners off the cages made of 1/2 inch conduit and connected them with 3/4 inch conduit and sections of old plastic water line I had laying around. When I connect opposite sides together I come up with one panel at 6'4" and one panel at 5ft. Now you may ask what good are these? Well I plan to use some of them to protect newly planted trees and some of these will be trellises for grapes, cucumbers, and other vine crops while still others will be used to try to keep chickens out of places they shouldn't be. Feel free to add to this thread with other ideas of how to repurpose otherwise useless item. Here is a pic of what I did. It's the 6'4" panel. Hope it works. Enjoy!!

Can you build a cage large enough for Camper?

 

[KDM]

Wow! Took all of 15 posts to turn a positive thread into an attack. Well at least I can say I tried. Later Boys. See you after the election.

 

[wslayer]

Leftover scraps of 2” pvc pipe and a scrap of decking board = rod rack

Have mounted a few of them to my ice fishing bucket also.

 

[wslayer]

Wow! Took all of 15 posts to turn a positive thread into an attack. Well at least I can say I tried. Later Boys. See you after the election.

Takes more than a full day to grow up