What to use for ballast

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10-02-2015, 22:29

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Re: What to use for ballast

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Originally Posted by dradel

We were going to use 3 or 4" PVC pipe with a cap glued on one end and a spin off on the other, and fill with sand. Easy to secure and you can adjust the amount of sand if needed. Oh and easy to source and cheap!

Be careful when using sand per R8-J. I don't interpret that as a hard ban on sand, but it's definitely not legal if it can get all over the field.

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