I have built a dock and a couple rafts with 55 gallon plastic drums. I learned some things, the hard way. You want to seal the drums in the middle of your temperature difference. For MN sealing the drums at 30 degrees works good. The first dock sections I sealed the drums at warmer temperatures and in the winter they caved in some, so I drilled a small hole in one cap above the waterline, but somehow they still can fill with water. So seal in cooler temps. You can't have too much floatation. My first dock / raft had drums has 12sf per barrel, my last has near solid drums at 6.55sf per barrel. There is no such thing as too many drums.
@tom_sassen Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the reply to this video. I agree, the drums must be sealed at the right temperature or else there is a possibility for them to cave in the winter.
@el6700 Жыл бұрын
Inspirational stuff right here! Me someday!
@tom_sassen Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@adventurousloner2 жыл бұрын
What's been done with free materials is kind of amazing
@tom_sassen2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@chthulu275 ай бұрын
What can a man achieve just tooling around in his garage? The sky's the limit really.
@tom_sassen5 ай бұрын
Haha that’s true!
@design_with_xoliswa2 жыл бұрын
This is great, I enjoyed it
@tom_sassen2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Ben-o8x9m19 күн бұрын
What designer app did you use? I want to learn how to design stuff on a computer or phone. Same idea, houseboat.
@tom_sassen19 күн бұрын
I used sketchup since there's a free version
@bombimbanshow24972 жыл бұрын
Nice project , shout out from Phil's,..
@SherrickDuncan7 ай бұрын
Could these still float if incased in concrete/cement instead of wood?
@tom_sassen7 ай бұрын
It depends, I don’t think it would float too well since they can only displace 450 ibs of water
@SherrickDuncan7 ай бұрын
@@tom_sassen what if I also packed said concrete with lots and lots of sealed empty water bottles?