Summer season is here, and some of you thought it would be great to spend the whole warm summer day on the water. It seems like these young guys turned your dreams into action… building a portable pontoon using old pallets and old blue drums. After a few working days, the pontoon was ready to go… The main steps here below and the full story (36 pics) here.
We started by taking the boards of bottoms of 8 pallets.
We broke up the rest of pallets to use as decking for the pontoon, as well as removing all old nails.
We then nailed the support beams to these pallets and cut some notches out of them so the crossbeams would sit in and under the decking.
We used some cheap $3 ratchet tie downs to tie the barrels to the pallets; it took a few times to get right, but once we figured out the right way, it was solid as.
There was no way to put pallets for the middle deck, so we just made out own pallets by screwing the decking boards to 4 of the middle parts of the pallet. This worked just fine.
Loaded up and ready to go. First test in the local reservoir
She floats. Pop the champagne
Stored & ready for next time.
¿May I Use Telephone Poles instead of Blue Barrels? And, What Size of Motor is Recommended?? 🤔
NDNluv
Irish Riley
Jason Larkin what a great idea Tyrone Lanagan
Bill-Amber Harrison for Xmas
Aaron Mepham should have saved afew of them drums
same
Needs a motor
you mean Like put me on it 😁
Corey Perry and Jack Jinnette Sandi Perry I feel we should make one of these for Rosie
You won’t get off it
Corey Perry correct. Just needs a hole 😉
You got one or two
Corey Perry one or two what?
One two or three holes dear😃
Corey Perry blue eyed wank stick
New project please Corey!
Sandi Perry yesssssss thank god your here 👌🏻
I hear a little yes in there bahaha
Jack we should just go halves in a boat. Would be easier
You’ve Totally missed the whole purpose of this pontoon it’s so sandi and I can have a base station whilst monitoring children and drinking bulk bevs lol
Corey Perry buy a kayak and you and Jack Jinnette can come into Moore in our pontoons ……and tie ya boats up on this floating thing your gunna build us 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Omg so they about $15-$20 bucks each and how bout this for a step
Love this comment 😂
Sandi Perry 🤟😂😉
We shouldn’t be so lucky 😕😂
It’s only 2 foot deep out there Sandi Perry
I’ll sinc wif it 😝
Corey Perry your point?
on the back of the Triton obviously
get josh to build one hahahahah
Yeah that would be dope with a motor on it haha
Me oh my, what an idea
Perfect
I say encourage him, that’s a great idea!
Josh McLeod found another use for pallets!
Chris Cheetham haha
Nicholas Dowrick should make one for up the hut bro just get a lil battery and one of them elcitric motors
Nicholas Dowrick yeah bro we’ll catch up heaps when I’m home bro
Yeah brother I’m down on that. Friggen missed ya
Reece Bartholomew
Felicity Smith ill add it to the list of projects.
Evan Colman Anthony Eagland
Jack Goodman Wayne Goodman Daniel Bowes Dwayne O’Brien
It’s missing jacks Webber
Very true. Lol. You guys can have this ready by December right? 😜
Robyn Little just a thought gotta have a back up plan 🤣
Lewis F. Bowen Jr your home
Paul Hartwell
That cool
Chris Collins
Chris Thinee Mark Thinee we have barrels.
Hendrik Pretorius
Lauren Christine find the barrels, I’ll bring the gazebo. 😂😳
Bindi ohhhhhh we could end up anywhere 🤣
Lauren only if UN-able Seaman Kinnear is at the helm. ⚓️🛥
Bindi Ryan you’d take us straight to the pub
Lauren Humphreys you know, we couldn’t trust Bindi Ryan to build it because she can’t use ratchet straps and there’ll just be line with truckie’s knots everywhere
i soooo wanna make one. We do it on our kid free holiday to Sarina 😝😝😝
Geoff Nunn
Ross Thinee
Awesome especially if you run out of wood for the bbq.
Bradley Vandy thought of you when I saw this! I’m sure it would fit a couch!!
Albert Gorman
Courteney Olsen dont encourage him courteney
Tom McBryde
Onto something here
Rhonda May Halpin our new party barge lol
Slim GrievousSlim this all you need to go fishing
Ryan Hill Maybe a summer project for one of the dams on the farm
CJ du Plessis agreed
Ben Hill
Casey Campbell — show todd
Don’t encourage him!
i need my pallets
Brooke Ashlee Deano Mafis Blake Hill
Michael Naude
Matthew Smith Darryl Stark
Josefa Tuivaga
Louise Richards
Kyle Collins….. baby steps….. 😏
Chris Mudford😮
Matt Falkenberg nxt project 🤷♀️😉😂
🎣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jesse William Hawke need a big dam on ya block!
Alec Gratton that’s happening foooorrrr sure
Brett Maloney need one of these for next river cruise!
Kathy Ley
Maybe a spring chicks working bee one weekend lol
Unfortunately I don’t get weekends off anymore 🤣
Sonja-lee Manìtta Bailey for Tinaburra 🙌👌
Lynette Wilson I wonder if we could modify this and put wheels on it, so we can drive it to the waters edge from camps 4 and 5 to avoid the 25 odd steps we do have to take? 🤣
Sonja-lee Manìtta Bailey now there’s a thought bright eyes 👀
Riley Sverdloff
Yeah that’s sick.