Don't throw away the Lehigh fabric bags.

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Post by jubileejerry » Wed. Mar. 13, 2019 2:45 pm

I have no idea where to post this so I put it here because it's not about coal. Last year I bought coal at Tractor Supply that came in fabric bags from Lehigh and I saved them with the intentions of putting metal grommets in the top edge for a cord to make a drawstring bag for fishing. Fish stay alive better in a bag like that than on a stringer. Anyway, I didn't get that done yet and today we're having massive flooding in the Midwest. A guy came in desperate to find sandbags to put by his house. I remembered the Lehigh bags and he thought they were great. He has some sand to put in them so I gave him a few. A little while later more people came in looking for the same thing and I showed them the bags too. They didn't have sand but the village has a sand pile for the streets so they were going there next. One never knows when something that's worthless is suddenly helpful.

This creek is usually only about 15 ft wide. Right now it's at least 1/4 mile across. The car in the background is about a mile away. This is looking out of my east door at my farm store.
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Post by KingCoal » Wed. Mar. 13, 2019 3:49 pm

DANG Jerry, how much more rain and wet is forecast ? how many feet above the close waterline is that tractor in the foreground sitting ?

I can see the rail bed out there but can't really tell how much of a bank is on the other side.

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Post by jubileejerry » Wed. Mar. 13, 2019 4:02 pm

So far we're high enough. The rail bed and highway are between the water and my place, but I'm sure it hasn't crested. More rain is coming tonight and the ground is frozen so all of it is runoff. Right now every highway in Northeast Nebr. is closed.


 
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Post by coalnewbie » Wed. Mar. 13, 2019 6:47 pm

I am very worried about your Wherle getting exposed to water and rusting. If you ship it to me I will return it in 10 years or so when we are sure the waters have receded.

 
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Post by jubileejerry » Wed. Mar. 13, 2019 7:23 pm

ImageHa! Good one! I appreciate your support, thanks! I'll keep an eye on it and if it starts to get rusty I'll call you right away. Here's another view of our little creek.
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Post by McGiever » Wed. Mar. 13, 2019 8:33 pm

Sand bags...I buy them to load 40#'s of coal in...who'd of thought... :)


 
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Post by BigBarney » Wed. Mar. 13, 2019 10:20 pm

If you have farms around you they will usually give you the feed

bags , because they are not refilled . Most are plastic and can be

twist-tied to hold coal . I got some at horse and dairy farms where

they use some feeds in bags. Most large farms use all bulk feeds.

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Post by VigIIPeaBurner » Thu. Mar. 14, 2019 12:22 am

Looks like you have a lot of frozen waterways too. Just checked USGS an most of the guages out your way are iced up. The Missouri sure spiked over the past day.
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Post by Hambden Bob » Thu. Mar. 14, 2019 2:50 am

Mutha Nature's really tossing a Precip Snit! We're supposed to get Royally Doused today,and I'm really not looking forward to it! Your Lehigh Bag Smash really helped out,and for that,I Thank You! There's a fine line between Pack Rat and Lifesaver,and You really did Others a Good Turn by having these on hand! Hopefully,Your Fish Bag idea will now become a reality,if You have any left to put grommets in.....

 
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Post by LehighanthraciteMatt » Fri. Mar. 15, 2019 6:49 am

Thats a great story, thanks for sharing. Nice that something useless turned into something that potentially saves some property.

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