Hmmm... a solid clothes line pole? Great idea.Wish i had a scrap metal yard near me. I wonder if Lowes or HD have anything like that?
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, clifford wrote: > Dear Spiro: > I would suggest a trip to your local scrap metal yard in search of a solid > steel shaft that would fit down in the pipe. A solid shaft which is a couple > of inches in diameter would leave a large dent in any vehicle which attempted > to run it over. > > Yours Truly, > > Clifford Wilson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Spiro > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:35 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] clothes line pole > > > > > > Hi, > I have a ?heavy? metal pipe with a 4 spike cap that is used for a clothes > line. > My neighbor across the drive likes his alcohol consumtion; and he has quie > dented another neighbor's fence. He got a big SUV and ran down the pole. > It is bigger and heavier than the 2.5 inch in our chain link fence in > front. > But I've not measured it yet. > Here's what I want to do; check it out and let me know if I'm on the right > track. > There's a pipe in the ground, cemented and flush with the driveway. The > pipe with the 4 spike cap, fits down into that. Part of this is broken off > into the bigger pipe. > Somehow I have to get that out. > I then want to get a piece of the same size, 2ft down and 2ft above ground > and cement it. I'd like to then get the same size as the pipe that is in > the ground, and cement that. I could then drop the final clothes pole into > that and have cement and double piping up to about 4ft and make it more > durable and memorable than the one he destroyed by driving 5 feet onto my > driveway and breaking it for me. > Wife says that hang dry is faster, and is obviously cheaper; so I need a > very durable solution. > Wife wants to wimp and drag a solitary standing unit in and out every day. > Not good enough for me. > Thoughts, advice, help? > Thanks > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4181 (20090623) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
