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Around the Campfire / Re: Stave bug deterrent
« Last post by Eric Krewson on May 12, 2025, 09:27:27 am »I got carried away with the depth of the sand in the trap, I didn't know that a foot thickness of sand would stop most bullets, two feet will stop a .50 BMG, I have close to 3'. My trap took a yard and a half of sand to fill which was a lot of shoveling from the trailer to the bucket of my front-end loader. If I made another one it would only be 2' thick.
You can see the horse stall mat I put on the front under the boards, it has screws holding it to the posts, these mats are self-healing so I can remove and replace the front boards if they get shot up without the sand falling out. In the picture I put a couple of old boards across the front to hold the mat in while I put the new boards on the front because alone it bulged WAY out once I put the sand in. I put an old board across the front and hit it with a sledge hammer to remove the bulge as I tightened the screws. If I had known the mat would bulge like it did, I would have had all of the boards in place before I filled the trap with sand.
You can see the horse stall mat I put on the front under the boards, it has screws holding it to the posts, these mats are self-healing so I can remove and replace the front boards if they get shot up without the sand falling out. In the picture I put a couple of old boards across the front to hold the mat in while I put the new boards on the front because alone it bulged WAY out once I put the sand in. I put an old board across the front and hit it with a sledge hammer to remove the bulge as I tightened the screws. If I had known the mat would bulge like it did, I would have had all of the boards in place before I filled the trap with sand.
