Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat what do you think about this idea?

get a 15 ft long piece of a telephone pole, lay it horizontal on the ground, then attach a tire with a bolt at one end and 2 more flush with it. then on the other end do the same thing. so you would have the the pole laying flat in the water, with a 3 tire tunnel on both ends.

Whats this for??

would be used as cover. also would drop in some brush piles either on one side of the structure, or a few feet off one end. my goal is to give the bass a little shade and offer an ambush point.

Ric -- any chance the pole could sit a foot or two above the pond bottom?? Build a couple of supports for it? That way, the entire pole would provide overhead cover for bass? Just a thought!

that's not a bad idea dave...my only concern is weight. i would ideally like to add as little weight as possible, this is going to be pretty heavy as is and i imagine i would need to use some pretty heavy duty boards.

Those telephone poles are saturated with some nasty stuff...I think you would be better using a tree instead.

Good point they do coat them with some heavy chemicals to prevent rotting. I'm not sure why you need the pole between the tires any way. If you really want the tires connected by wood why not a long 2 x 4?

The pole will float. And the tires will too, and are almost impossible to get all the air out of, unless you drill a hole in them.

We used tires to sink a stack of five pallets for a scout project with AZ GFD. This is their suggestion for weight.
1. lay the tire flat on the ground
2. cut a circle of plywood to fit inside the tire without falling through
3. cut the circle in half and insert both in tire
4. now you have a mold to fill with concrete
5. stick a U shaped piece of rebar in the concrete to fasten to whatever you decide to sink
A nice feature in this idea is once the concrete has set, you simply tip it on its side and roll it
to the truck or trailer. No carrying