Decided to reinforce my upright wood pallet "end cap" a little better than what those two T posts will provide...especially come spring thaw time! Welded up a couple braces from scrap I had laying around...attached to the top of the wood pallet, and the opposite end of the plastic pallet, on a 45* angle. These pallet/potty bases have 4 nut inserts on each side with 1/4 NC thread...I just attached to that...actually decided I better attach to 2 of them, so I grabbed some "plumbers tape", wrapped it around the corner to the next nut-sert...should be plenty strong now. Strapped the bottom of the plastic and wood pallets together too...won't even need the T post now!
As I mentioned early on, since this particular wood stack is about 8 cords or so, I usually have to break into the middle of the stack when I am racking up the upcoming winters firewood...which can lead to avalanches...and I don't like re-stacking any more than the next guy...so I decided I'm going to drive posts in after every 2 pallets (about 1 cords worth) to hopefully minimize the avalanche potential. Again, just using what I had laying around...found some old T posts that were rotted off about 15" up or so, right at the top of the "spade" that is welded on them...not tall enough to reach the top of my stacks now...no matter...decided to tie them to the wooden pallet on the end of the stack, via the remnants of a broken motorcycle tie-down strap, that way the posts will be more solid if I mess with the stacks when the ground is soft...those T posts move around easy enough normally, let alone missing the "spade"! Anyways...the strap goes right the middle between the 2 rows of wood...and I found a piece of wood to straddle the 2 posts that had the perfect groove in it to "lock" onto the nubs of the T posts too...this wood ain't goin nowhere now! Maybe pics will help my poor explanation...
FHC backyard engineering at its finest. I hate to break into the middle of the stack as well. Great idea.
brenndatomu you inspired me with your potty base and repurposing. In your honor i saved this, well uh just look at the pic, in your honor. I bolted it to the floor and cut a hole through the bed. A 5 gallon pail strapped underneath. With all the hoarding i do there's nothing more annoying then when mother nature calls. I did a hauling job today and saved it. Ms. buZZsaw didnt want it for a decorative planter! Now my only dilemma is to find toilet paper!
Well, you already have the hole in your bed, so now you can just put a big chrome stack up through it. If you are gonna keep the toilet for jobsite emergencies, better throw a few extra corn cobs under the truck seat...
In all seriousness, if the toilet is not broke, and is an older high flow model, I hear those bring big bucks these days!
I’ve learned a great amount from this thread despite some (I almost wrote cr-ppy and then had a second thought that it might violate the rules, but then realized I would be adding to the problem) puns.
We've got one in the half bath, and it's not going anywhere. The low flow meter toilet in the full bath is ok, but the valve on it is a dumb design and had to be flipped through the full travel of the lever, before it flushes. I could put a different fill valve in it to current, but I'm not going to replace a toilet fill/ flush valve that is working the way it was designed. I keep waiting for that flush/ fill valve to break so I have an excuse to replace it with a better functioning one. I think the downstairs bath is an old tech mega flush too, but that bathroom is barely used.
i posted many jokes that were a play on words to make the mods laugh. They didnt work. I guess no pun in ten did (intended)
