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jonrev
  
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<Reply # 20 on 1/8/2012 7:30 PM >
|  | | | Used giant Macy's plastic bags and a pair of old shoes once... didn't work out very well.
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Spook
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| |  | Re: Using garbage bags for draining deep water
<Reply # 21 on 1/13/2012 1:57 AM >
|  | | | I don't know, maybe I'm just a fan of getting more involved in what I'm doing and worrying less about little things like getting wet, usually no different than rain on your feet, jeans/w/e. I've always just had two pairs of the same boots, mind you, the one pair for around the world of sundwellers and the other ($10-$20's more because they are water/bbp/ect proof. love my 511's but neverminded getting a little wet clothing while having fun.
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bigXmack
   
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| | Re: Using garbage bags for draining deep water
<Reply # 22 on 2/2/2012 3:06 AM >
|  | | | unrelated but 2 weeks ago i was scouting out a place and long story short fell through some ice up to my thighs. for some reason i had 2 trash bags with me. i dried off my feet, put the bags over them then put my boots back on. if i didn't have those bags i probably would have had frost bite considering i was an hour away from the car and we all know how -5 degree weather mixes with wet feat...
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wranglerroadhead
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| | Re: Using garbage bags for draining deep water
<Reply # 23 on 6/1/2012 3:28 AM >
| | | | Before I got hip waders, I did this once. ONCE.
I was entering from the outlet of a CSO tunnel. The tunnel itself only had a very minimal amount of flow and I would be fine once inside. I don't know if I had "contractor bags" but they were much thicker than normal ones. The catch basin at the outlet of the tunnel was essentially a 1.5 ft/half meter deep to slow the water in heavy rain before it reaches the river.
Log story short, they lasted just long enough for me to walk about eight feet to the actual pipe. The bottom was sediment that felt soft, but the bags still ripped anyways. Just use a heavy rubber band to tie them up on your leg. Maybe 3 a per foot (one around bridge of foot, one around ankle, and one up by your knee).
Nice to keep two of these trash bags in your bag just in case you need to do a short crossing and don't want to get too wet/icky.
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Ricky_from_TV
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| | Re: Using garbage bags for draining deep water
<Reply # 24 on 6/2/2012 4:56 AM >
| | | | This thread made me think of this
http://www.youtube...atch?v=W7Kzp9vDNCo
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Veruth
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Missouri
Gender: Male
| | Re: Using garbage bags for draining deep water
<Reply # 25 on 6/3/2012 3:22 PM >
| | | | I've only tried it once to explore an abandoned quarry. The place used to manufacture quicklime and after they shut down they dumped tons and tons of it into the top level of the quarry, which then flooded and made a nice caustic paste to wade through. Since it's a fine powder it's a lot easier on the plastic and trash bags worked for a while. It's definitely a makeshift solution; I think I'm the only one who didn't end up with minor chemical burns from that little adventure. I really need to get some real waders for a return trip.
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