Hi Everyone,

Thought I would post some pics of my homemade floating feeder. This is made with 4" thin wall pvc to reduce weight. The feeder supports are 2". After reading bad reviews on the lower cost directional feeders, and being too cheap to buy a nicer model, I came up with this design. The bucket is a repurposed metal 6.5 gallon feeder I had around. It is fastened to the uprights using 1/4 inch bolts through the handle supports. The lid is a "Gamma" lid from Lowes that unscrews for easy access. It looks to hold about 25 lb of feed. I used online calculators to find the buoyancy based on the volume of the pvc, which was approx 55 lbs for the 4 inch pipe. The concrete block is the anchor point with a rope loop that allows me to pull it on shore for maintenance. I also found a $10 wireless 6volt switch on amazon and wired it in so i can manually feed at the press of a button.

Last edited by ColdSpringsFarm; 03/04/18 10:59 PM.

-Jason