What is the best material for building a brushpile/structure in a farm pound? I'm leaning toward wood pallets.
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What is the best material for building a brushpile/structure in a farm pound? I'm leaning toward wood pallets.
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Packing pallets work but are the devil to anchor down. You just about have to stake them down in my expericnce. Cedar trees as well as most other evergreens will work quite well. As Charley sais cinder blocks work well as anchors. Be careful of fresh cut willow, it will root and begin to grow!
Sections of used sewer pipe also work well. County road departments can be a source of this material.
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If you have access to an old swing set, tie pine branches all over it. Drag it on the ice and let it drop as it thaws. The swing set will stand up much higher than pallets or trees and allows there to be open spots within the structure for fish to hang out in.
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If you live in and area where there are osage orange trees, aka hedgeapple trees, use their branches. The braches grow fairly dense and the wood of the tree is super rot-resistant especially in water. If possible biuld a brushpile on the lake when it is frozen over and leave it there to sink when the ice thaws. If you live where ice doesn't get thick enough for that, just toss the branches from the bank into the same area or drop them from a boat. Your brushpile will last a very long time and shouldn't need much adding to over the years.
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I have done it 2 ways, the first is pine trees they work really well, the other is to build a structure using pvc pipe and buckets with concrete in the bucket to hold it in place, There are a lot of different versions out there and lots of people have great ideas on these.
A little research goes a long way before you put in the time and effort to setup a structure.
The easiest is the pine tree setup.
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