Raised planter bed.
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Wow! It needs to be heavy duty as when filled with dirt will be quite heavy.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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Looking great !
Just a thought - Is there some PT lumber in there like the 4x4 posts? If so just a bit concerned about using it in a vegetable bed due to any chemical leeching.
Or it may be regular material - just the light making it appear as PT lumber.
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Just heat treated for the frame and cedar for the rest. He plan is for plastic tubs anyway so leeching shouldn’t be an issue.Comment
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My wife has been after me to make some of these. I really like the dog ear pickets. Nicely done.Chr's
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I’d suggest putting each leg on a 12x12 concrete paver to prevent settteling.
What is the volume of your planter? What is to be planted in it?
I hope you have a source of raised bed soil nearby, cause if you go to the big box store you will have a stroke when you see the cost of bagged mix!
I buy my raised bed soil from a nearby plant nursery that blends it on site and sells it by the front end loader scoop. His price has increased from $12 for a cubic yard scoop in 2012 to now it’s $21 for a 17cubic foot scoop. I changed my garden beds to 40 gallon clothes dryer and large nursery tree drums this year and had to buy 6 scoops to fill up the 17 drums. It was about all my 16 foot trailer would hold and was probably overloaded.👍 1Comment
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24" x 75" looks like. Maybe 6" deep.to the bottom of the upper rail.
If topsoil is 80 pounds/cu ft then you are looking at 430 pounds for the dirt alone. Might be heavier when wet.
12x12 concrete paver under each leg a good idea
Weight of dirt/ soil per cubic foot:- on average, weight of dirt mixed of top soil can weigh 80 pounds per cubic foot which is approximately equal as 0.04 short tons, in general it can be range between 74 – 110 pounds per cubic foot, dry loose dirt can weight around 76 lbs per cubic foot and while moist loose dirt can weigh around 78 lbs per cubic foot.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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