Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Plastic 55 gallon barrels ?

FYI, the white barrels don't seem to have UV stabilizers in them, so they get brittle and crack easily after a few years in the sun. I built a pier on my pond a few years ago and that's what happened. It's a PITA to lift the pier to screw in real pier floats,,,,,,,,

I still have a bunch of blue barrels under the "T" part of the pier, IF we ever get enough ice to work on the pier I'll lift the wood up off the barrels and replace with real pier floats.

The white barrels didn't leak at the bungs, they actually cracked and leaked.

Never again will I use plastic barrels. With the cost of the wood and all the effort that it takes to build a pier, it's not worth the cost savings for me.