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Would you utilize concrete slabs from demolished hog confinement facility to create underwater humps and other structure in your lake?
Would you utilize them along shore to prevent erosion?
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We use them on the dam and steepest areas to prevent erosion.
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I sure would. Use your imagination designing piles,ledges and holes for all kinds of activity. I'll assume you have pieces of all sizes too. Mix em' up and mark the spots.
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I have them all around my pit to prevent erosion. The previous owner of the property placed them there. I would say that 80% of the two acre pit has them lining the shore line. Aesthetically, they are not the best, but they are effective.
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The concrete piles around here are copperhead magnets! I had 2 piles delivered for erosion purposes. 1 pile had a 2 ft. copperhead in after a month when I went to move the pile with a loader. The other pile had 2 in it and several babies! Probably great for pond structure, but snake magnets out of the water.
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If you want to prevent erosion, you will attract snakes. Its just a tradeoff.
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Sounds like a great source of structure and shoreline stablization. Go for it.
Are there poisonous snakes in IL? Maybe cottonmouth or copperhead down south - eastern diamondbacks?
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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We have a few, but playing outside all my life, never had a run in.
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I've never seen one posinous snake.. And trust me I spent my whole adolescent life hunting snakes, turtles, frogs all day everyday.. Small town nothing else to do lol..
I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease.. BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES.
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I went ahead and accepted. Should be getting the concrete from three hog confinement facilities...
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Good deal, send the pics as things progress.
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Do you have the equipment to get the slabs in the water? I think that'd be the hardest part..
I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease.. BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES.
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I used a skidloader to place 80T of limestone boulders all around my pond. It was tricky business and I almost dumped myself a half dozen times. Be careful whatever you do and it's not a bad idea to have a buddy around to help get you out of the cab should you end up tipping into the pond!
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When we did add a few slabs to the existing slabs around the pit, we used a 560 International with a front loader. It was definitely a multiple person job.
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An excavator with a thumb would make the job easy. Without a thumb, it's like trying to pick up a pencil from the floor with all your fingers taped together and your thumb taped to the palm of your hand. Not impossible, but a PITA if you have to pick up multiple pencils and place them in a certain spot.
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I have a fairly large (Kamatsu PC200LC) excavator; but it doesn't have a thumb and esshup is right about the difference one makes. I've almost bought a thumb multiple times; but it is an older excavator and I don't use it that much really (mainly just on our personal property anymore) so harder to justify. Figured would get a thumb if ever get a newer one. May just have to give in and get one anyway. Bought several tons of large riprap to put on the dam this year too.
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I think you would use the thumb more than you realize.
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I know. I need to just bite the bullet and get one. Would make moving trees and such a whole lot easier too.
I'd like to trade that excavator in on a newer one; but it has been a good machine and hard to justify expense when not using commercially.
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I've dug/moved a number of stumps, moved trees, placed rocks, etc. without a thumb, and having one would have cut my time and frustration level in half.
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Everytime I read this thread title I catch myself asking why you're talking about crappie made of concrete. And bacon.
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