There’s one bin getting ready for next season. One of the harder tasks around here is just getting a cover on it LOL
Window weights courtesy of Brad. Staying put is the big reason it’s going on so late. It’s a constant battle with storms. This time I’m trying something different. I lag screwed the open side and used hanging weights on the inside. See if screwing it does a better job fighting the wind.
When I stacked wood about 6’ high I used a pvc or aluminum pipe to roll the EPDM rubber on and roll it out across the stack. The rubber was only 5’x25’ tho. It’s a great way to get the rubber on and stack. Pipe keeps the rubber straight so it rolls right out, no fighting. I don’t think I could handle a 14’x30’ tarp 10 feet in the air using a similar method. It really wasn’t too bad. I failed once and it all came sliding off. I didn’t make the same mistakes the second time LOL
They would but the weight would be atrocious. I had a narrow but long banner style once I brought home from the job. Very heavy duty stuff. Quite heavy material. The one I had wasn’t fond of cold weather. Became relatively hard and cracked wherever it creased. I’m not sure how old it was when I got it. Lasted about four years until it just remained hard and full of cracks.
Looking good Joe! Is that the same bin we started two years ago? Be careful on a ladder, especially messing with a tarp. I've done it numerous times on the roof and not fun. We're not as nimble as we used to be.
When I scored that rubber last Fall I used a cardboard tube to do the same. Stuff gets heavy in a hurry and not easy to work with. I had rolled it over a 6.5' tall stack.
Very interesting! Almost sounds like it’s similar to a rubber roofing. I have some for the stacks and it’s a lot to heave around.
It’s the only way to fly. I have a nice aluminum extension handle from the concrete bull float. A little longer than six feet so you get a handle on one side. Sort of like rolling out rubber with a lint roller, not quite as easy but the best method I’ve come up with. I’ve used PVC too. Only 6.5 feet? You’re a foot taller than me so you’re slacking One of the biggest problems I had with rubber roofing was a beginners mistake. Not making sure the two stacks met in the middle on the top. Rain water collects and pushes the rubber in between the two stacks. You learn not to do that once you get drenched in cold water pulling them out.
Well mine was a one side banner designed to be hung on an office building. One side said grand opening and the back was some other design they cut it from. Billboard tarps have that same feature which led me to think it was built from a billboard tarp. IMO they’re not like rubber at all. Closer to metal roofing, That’s almost how stiff it became in the cold and with old age. I’ve considered buying some billboards over the years but the price of shipping was always a deal breaker.
Now that’s interesting. You’d like they’d sell them locally. One of the pizza groups I’m a part of on FB had pictures of some Pepe’s billboards being used to cover something down in the PA area.
Im only familiar with billboardtarps.com as it used to show up in my FB feed all the time Home - billboardtarps.com
Yes that’s the GTG pen. It will be sold off this year. Notice my nice new old used 8’ ladder The old wood one was becoming unsafe and it’s now in the fire pit. 17 years of union safety meetings taught me one thing “Don’t fall off the ladder”. Every week for 17 years, “Don’t fall off the ladder and throw away that extension cord”. Two years ago I was at least crab walking on top of those pens. Won’t see those days anymore
Wow, that had to be a bear getting that tarp on, if you did that by yourself! Do you have anything between the wood and the tarp to stop the wood from just poking/tearing it full of holes?
Nope. The last pen I covered in this style I put rubber roofing down first to help cushion it. That tarp just degraded over the course of a summer. I went to pull it back to remove 2 cords from that pen and it just fell apart. It was all shot where the rubber was underneath and still good on the sides. It even looked good where it was shot but it just fell apart when moving it. I surmise the heat of the rubber underneath just degraded the nylon tarp, almost to the point of melting it. So no I have nothing else to put under there. That tarp is now three years old. It was a floating roof style for awhile. Spent some time just laying in the ground too LOL. So far they are holding up fairly well. It’s missing some grommets on the back side from wind, that’s to be expected. As time goes on it’s possible I could start double tarping them. Put an old damaged one on for cushion instead of tossing it in the dump. They are and always have been an expendable cost that offsets my need to stack wood. All part of the game. Still the cheapest hobby I ever had edit. I shoukd mention somewhere along the line, months ago, I spent a few hours running around with the ladder readjusting the top layer trying to smooth it out as much as possible.
Fell off one 2-months ago and only on the second step and landed on my right side/ankle. It was impossible to sleep on either side but at least now the right side is okay, left still gets sore.
