Slate and polycarbonate for the grape harvest

How to make a durable box made of polycarbonate cover for grapes

Known Siberian grower, wine-growers of the club head of the "Alpha", Barnaul, Victor Tatievsky makes for grapes box of slate and SEC.

The box is made from flat sheets of slate 170h112 see. For this, each sheet is cut along the grinder into four parts 170h28 cm. Strips shallow digged into the ground (at a distance of 65 cm from each other), are fastened on the corners of the corners bent metal 5x5 cm and joined to the connecting profile galvanized polycarbonate chopped width band.

The cross member is made of two pieces of galvanized profile 60h27 mm by 70 cm long. Along the edges of the tabs are cut by 2.5 cm. Because the profile sections are inserted toward each other, formed profiled tube which is twisted on each side by four screws.

Jumper mounted on the junction slate sheets, 10 cm below the top of the box. The tongues fall on adjacent sheets and screwed with screws 13 mm with a drill press washer and slate.

To increase the temperature in the root zone, grower color box black facade paint.

Victor Tatievsky

The head of the club's winegrowers "Alpha"

The result is not much black and durability.

Because the box is embedded in the ground and connected to the cross members, it is more than a hard, well holds its shape and does not spread apart.

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