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Mug R
Lv 6

Needing advice for a project. picture included?

I want to make free standing poles from birch trees to string lights on. The birch poles I have a fairly thick and I worry about them being top heavy. I wanted to fill galvanized pales with cement to anchor them, but I don't want the trees to be permanently stuck for transportation issues.

Any ideas you would have for what I am trying to accomplish would be greatly appreciated. I just want the trees to be able to be pulled out of the cement after it hardens. Thanks ahead of time!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29958025@N05/68222897...

Update:

Brilliant Rusty!

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  • 9 years ago
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    Buy some PVC pipe the correct size to fit your birch poles. Pour the concrete with the PVC on the center pf the container. Your birch poles can then be put in or taken out.

    I have a 10 inch plastic flower pot with am piece of PVC in concrete. I use it as a support for my table umbrella.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Sorry, but once cement has hardened it will be impossible unless your able to break the cement with a sledge hammer ?

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