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Postby mudwalker20 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:19 pm

Anyone know where I might be able to get 3 or 4 Lb triangle or pyramid weights or is there such an animal thanks
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Re: weights

Postby assateague » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:31 pm

Don't know what you want it for, but if it was me, I'd use coffee cans, eye bolts, and concrete. You could probably make 30 for the price of 1 lead pyramid sinker that heavy.
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Postby rebelp74 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:33 pm

The cheapest place I've found for lead is halessinkersupply.com but I don't know if they have what you're looking for.
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Postby mudwalker20 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:40 pm

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Postby goodkarmarising » Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:25 pm

assateague wrote:Don't know what you want it for, but if it was me, I'd use coffee cans, eye bolts, and concrete. You could probably make 30 for the price of 1 lead pyramid sinker that heavy.


You could do the same thing with lead. If you pour your own lead, it would be a fairly cheap anchor.
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Re: weights

Postby NuffDaddy » Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:50 pm

I think Dan uses something like that. Maybe he will show up.
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Re: weights

Postby Bufflehead » Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:58 pm

You're going to have to make your own if you want pyramids that heavy.
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Re: weights

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:25 pm

I have a pyramid mold that I made for pouring drift boat anchors, its 3 sided pyramid and makes a 35lb anchor.
If you make a mold you could pour them pretty cheap
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Postby DeadEye_Dan » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:22 pm

We had a pyramid mold made up that makes a 10# anchor when poured full.


I'm unaware of any commercially made mold, probably have to make your own.
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Postby assateague » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:23 pm

Out of curiosity, why do you guys use pyramid shaped anchors that big? Why not just get a regular anchor, or use a brake rotor or something?
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Postby rebelp74 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:25 pm

assateague wrote:Out of curiosity, why do you guys use pyramid shaped anchors that big? Why not just get a regular anchor, or use a brake rotor or something?

Wind, current, sandy bottom would be my guess.
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Postby assateague » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:30 pm

No way it would hold better than a standard fluke anchor, or whatever the hell they're called.
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Postby rebelp74 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:33 pm

Just guessing. Maybe rock bottom and the upside down pyramid will keep from getting tangled in the rocks, maybe they're retarded or maybe they like triangles.
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Postby DeadEye_Dan » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:35 pm

Standard 10 #navy anchor =$20-25

I've got less than $10 of steel in the mold and we can buy scrap lead for less than $1/lb.

We've made no less than 40 pyramids - for ~ $400. We'd have $800-1000 using fancy store bought anchors.
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Re: weights

Postby assateague » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:37 pm

I can't get lead anywhere around here. The People's Republic has it on lock down for mandatory recycling. Dickheads. I forget that other places in the world can get lead cheaply.
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Postby DeadEye_Dan » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:38 pm

In addition, the lead pyramids stack better a take up way less room than either store bought anchors or rotors do in the boat.
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Postby rebelp74 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:39 pm

I use those railroad plates. They're heavy and free.
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Postby 3legged_lab » Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:00 am

assateague wrote:I can't get lead anywhere around here. The People's Republic has it on lock down for mandatory recycling. Dickheads. I forget that other places in the world can get lead cheaply.

I can get you some for 30 - 40 cents per pound, but the shipping will be a bitch.
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Re: weights

Postby Bootlipkiller » Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:34 am

rebelp74 wrote:Just guessing. Maybe rock bottom and the upside down pyramid will keep from getting tangled in the rocks, maybe they're retarded or maybe they like triangles.


This cracked me up! Thanks Rebel. :lol:
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Re: weights

Postby Eric Haynes » Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:30 am

3legged_lab wrote:
assateague wrote:I can't get lead anywhere around here. The People's Republic has it on lock down for mandatory recycling. Dickheads. I forget that other places in the world can get lead cheaply.

I can get you some for 30 - 40 cents per pound, but the shipping will be a bitch.

You can use the USPS flat rate box. Think you can put up to 70lbs in it for $7
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Re: weights

Postby assateague » Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:29 am

But if you do, they are authorized to substitute golf balls for your contents, at their discretion.
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Postby jehler » Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:39 am

I've sent lead through the flat rate box, takes damn near a whole roll of that packing tape with the threads in it to hold that bastard together
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Re: weights

Postby 3legged_lab » Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:14 pm

Eric Haynes wrote:
3legged_lab wrote:
assateague wrote:I can't get lead anywhere around here. The People's Republic has it on lock down for mandatory recycling. Dickheads. I forget that other places in the world can get lead cheaply.

I can get you some for 30 - 40 cents per pound, but the shipping will be a bitch.

You can use the USPS flat rate box. Think you can put up to 70lbs in it for $7

You sure can
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Re: weights

Postby mudwalker20 » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:16 pm

3 legged lab what did you make your mold out of. thanks
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Re: weights

Postby 3legged_lab » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:24 pm

mudwalker20 wrote:3 legged lab what did you make your mold out of. thanks

Its probably 3/16" steel, don't remember off the top of my head. I'll take a pic for you tomorrow when I go to work.
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Re: weights

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:38 pm

rebelp74 wrote:I use those railroad plates. They're heavy and free.

Don't ever try to take railroad steel to a scrap yard. Shit gets crazy. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: weights

Postby rebelp74 » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:00 pm

FlintRiverFowler wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:I use those railroad plates. They're heavy and free.

Don't ever try to take railroad steel to a scrap yard. Shit gets crazy. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sounds like there is a good story behind this
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Re: weights

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:07 pm

rebelp74 wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:I use those railroad plates. They're heavy and free.

Don't ever try to take railroad steel to a scrap yard. Shit gets crazy. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sounds like there is a good story behind this

I was young maybe 19 or 20 and me and buddy were like hell yeah free scrap metal. So we pick a bunch up and were up at the scrap yard throwing railroad steel off my truck and this guy comes up yelling and saying he was gona call the cops and that we needed to pick it up while we were waiting for the cops to get there, so my buddy is like naw man that's your railroad steel and we jumped in the truck and hauled ass, the crazy asshole gets in his truck and tries to chase us down. Guess he couldn't see my tag with the tailgate down. We finally shook him off going thru traffic in town and nothing ever came of it. He was probly bluffing abt the cops but we still never went back to that place.
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Postby rebelp74 » Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:25 pm

FlintRiverFowler wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:I use those railroad plates. They're heavy and free.

Don't ever try to take railroad steel to a scrap yard. Shit gets crazy. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sounds like there is a good story behind this

I was young maybe 19 or 20 and me and buddy were like hell yeah free scrap metal. So we pick a bunch up and were up at the scrap yard throwing railroad steel off my truck and this guy comes up yelling and saying he was gona call the cops and that we needed to pick it up while we were waiting for the cops to get there, so my buddy is like naw man that's your railroad steel and we jumped in the truck and hauled ass, the crazy asshole gets in his truck and tries to chase us down. Guess he couldn't see my tag with the tailgate down. We finally shook him off going thru traffic in town and nothing ever came of it. He was probly bluffing abt the cops but we still never went back to that place.

:lol: That's pretty good
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