As you know, the bears have been waging war on my trash container for several months.
Back in April, I built a "skirt" around the steel container with the hope it would stop them from knocking it over. It worked for over two months and I was feeling pretty darn proud of myself.
However, the bears are just as persistent as squirrels and about 1000x bigger. They ripped the entire platform out of the ground ... Bears: 2 - Human: 0.
Fortunately, they couldn't get the container open
Back in April, I built a "skirt" around the steel container with the hope it would stop them from knocking it over. It worked for over two months and I was feeling pretty darn proud of myself.
However, the bears are just as persistent as squirrels and about 1000x bigger. They ripped the entire platform out of the ground ... Bears: 2 - Human: 0.
Fortunately, they couldn't get the container open
I was defeated ... once again. Clearly, an "easy" solution wasn't going to win the contest. It was time to roll up my sleeves (not really; I was wearing a t-shirt) and do some real work. After eight bags of concrete and a bunch of rock, the platform is now a solid 600 lb slab.
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I embedded 3/8" stainless steel rods into the slab and bolted the container down with aircraft nuts. I hope this is enough ... but I may add a skirt ... just to be sure.
I have visions of laughing bears stealing an excavator so they can get into my trash.
Never Give Up! Never Surrender!
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