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  1. #11
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    Default Re: barrel raft building....

    Ah, just more fun to create a nice design... Here we have redesigned the deck structure... custom joist system would lighten things up, along with plywood deck...
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  2. #12
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    Default Re: barrel raft building....

    I made a raft once from two oil barrels and some planking. Good job I could swim!

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    If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
    They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
    Avoiding Manual Labour.

  3. #13
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    Default Re: barrel raft building....

    you're supposed to lash the planks to the barrels Frank

    humm.. some sort of outriders for stabilisation?
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  4. #14
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    Default Re: barrel raft building....

    For "outriders" read "boats" or preferably "jetty"
    If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
    They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
    Avoiding Manual Labour.

 

 

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