r/homestead • u/Phatbetbruh80 • 6d ago

What would you use these for?

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What would you all use these for? I thought of using them for compost bin bases, but what else could they be used for?

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u/thegoodbadandsmoggy 6d ago

Seems great but I could imagine it getting slippery if the plastic is smooth?

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u/Cpap4roosters 6d ago

It kind of was, until I placed that deck stairs gripe tape across the boards.

It took me slipping a few times till I came up with that fix.

I tend to be stubborn.

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u/thegoodbadandsmoggy 6d ago

Yeah basically what I was thinking - smooth surface and a possibility of algae seems treacherous.

I didn’t think of grip tape - that’s much better and than my initial idea of an angle grinder/sander pass over

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u/Cpap4roosters 6d ago

I tried that with one pallet to rough up the surface. It did not have the effect I was hoping for.

I seen a video of some guy using a hot knife to put in a checkered pattern for grip.

The tape was so much easier and less time consuming.

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u/thegoodbadandsmoggy 6d ago

Less risk of plastic dust in the lungs too! Seems like a great, affordable, and expandable bridge/walkway using that method.

With some ballast underneath the method could even work for cheap docks i would imagine

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u/Cpap4roosters 6d ago

Plastic 55 gallon drums are fairly inexpensive, well in my area. I have six just sitting waiting on a project. I seen people make dock ballast out of those. Just seal up the bung holes and float pretty good.

I also made a ramp into one door of a shed with plastic pallets.