Why so many Critics? We all knew what he meant by "PCV", and maybe he doesn't have a drill. Who cares, the design is awesome and gives me a great starting point to make mine. Thanks Dude. I appreciate you taking the time to post this Vid. Tight Lines and Sunny Sky's!
So, I watched this video and was completely impressed with how simple, quick, effective, and cheap this idea was. I altered the design slightly for my fresh water fishing rods. My alterations: 1. The local garden center sold a 3' version of these spikes. I used those. 2. 1' down from the top of the spike, I bent the spike to about 30 degrees by pinching the spike between two large rocks and applying steady pressure. This way I can stick the spike straight into the ground about a foot, there is one foot that is straight in the air (plumb), and the final foot is tilted towards the pond, simulating how you would normally hold a fishing rod. This balances really well. 3. I just took some tie wraps and attached the PVC to the spike. That works fine for my style of fishing. The bolts, melting, and so on are a lot of work that can be avoided. Thanks for a great idea and a great video! I tweaked things a bit, but used the concept shown here as my foundation and starting point.
Only took RUclips 4 yrs to finally recommend this videoing my feed. It’s easy, it’s inexpensive, but above all it works. I may just be making a trip to the hardware store later. Thanks
Alex at “The Art of Crabbing” recommended your channel. Thank you for putting up all this content. My girlfriend loves to eat crab so here I am buying gear and making sand spikes. I was just gonna pound PVC into the sand but your set up seemed to make sense. I just built two of them. My only change was I used 1/4”x 1 1/4” Phillips pan head bolts and put the head of the bolt on the inside of the pipe. I drilled the hole all the way through so i could hold the Phillips head with a screwdriver while I tightened the nut to the stake.
I Yust finished looking at your vidio and I'm so excited to build me 4 san spikes . ill be going to home depot . hey my friend thank you very much for sharing this toturial. Appreciate it so much. God bless.
nice, good idea, one could take this same concept and even find a piece of stainless angle iron and make a real salt water worthy setup that would last a lifetime. thanks for posting
great video, just a suggestion is to take a flat head screw and put it thru the top on the inside so it would be flush inside the top holder, it would make it where you rod wouldn't hit that nut, great idea, will be making some of my own for catfishin
You are using ABS(acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) in the construction here, vs PVC(polyvinyl choride). Either is a good choice for this application. Main difference is ABS is stronger where PVC is more flexible. Also PVC is more resistant to prolonged sun exposure. ABS is cheaper. Also if you wanted to avoid the pole snagging the top nut. You can replace it with a pan headed machine screw, or even a small carriage bolt.
I use those spikes to hold up trees straight. The coating peels and the steel rusts over time. Recommend buying aluminum 4’ L-bars and cut in half. Made four spikes at the same cost. Two holes to hold the PVC pipes to the stake. One bolt to hold the pole from slipping.
Great job......you could also try to maybe zip tie the plastic pipe on to the stake. For all you trolls out there commenting on the plastic pipe. It's ABS not PVC, but that does not matter, both will work, now go out just build it.
for the top piece you could use a special bolt... I think it's called a flange bolt, which is used to mount plumbing fixtures. probably have to look in the plumbing section... it has a very low profile head that would not interfere with the rod. or you could just use a regular round head bolt, which is fairly smooth.
an added idea for readers and op, drill or heat and work two holes into top piece of plastic, one big enough to let head of screw through, then push through to side with the metal spike, attach and you wont have to cut out part of plastic, bolt wont be in the way, voila, great vids, cheers
Thanks for the complete description and parts list! Very helpful and practical concept. Will build a few a test them out near Santa Cruz, Ca this fall :)
It's 2022. Just spent $15 for a pair of these with the exception of the Piping. They have parts in inches instead of mm. Will try 1/4" x 3" and 1/4" x 1" for the screws
My grandpa has been making something like this for 40 years. If you have more than one to carry here is a tip from grandpas rigs. drill a hole towards the top of the PVC (or whatever you are using) on each rod holder. Then get two large snap swivels. Tie the snap swivels together with about a foot to foot and a half piece of string/rope and then attach the snap swivels to the holes in the PVC. Now just put them over your shoulder.
so you're telling me i don't need butter to make these, or did i miss a step? but seriously, thanks a lot man, im going on a trip tomorrow, and ran out of funds for supplies and was thinking i was going to have to just babysit 1 rod. but i have everything to make a few of these sitting in my garage left over from when i made a fence to keep the neighborhood cats from crapping in my garden, and from when i remodeled my bathroom. so ya, free rod holders for me. if i wasn't subscribed already, i would definitely subscribe. i know this vid is like 4 years old, so you probably won't see it, but thanks again, and keep up the great work on the vids.
more work then my idea of sawing off a 4ft chunk of PVC pipe at an angle to poke into the ground... but much nicer quality too. How long do the u-posts last in the saltwater?
+Bret Chernak I've had mine for over two years. Still going strong. They'll last even longer if you rinse them after each use. Also a lot easier to get into the sand than the PVC pipes
You should use carriage bolts next time. Once you have melted your first hole place the carriage bolt inside while its still hot, then attach it to your U-post and fasten with the wing nut. You wont have to cut the pipe again and you wont have a nut sticking up in the middle, and its one le$$ part you have to buy :) Great videos by the way!
Thank you. Interesting design that made me rethink my approach. I do think you'll find that you don't "need" that long cross bolt on the bottom. The reel seat will stop the rod from falling all the way through.
You can just use carrage bolts 🔩 if the head are hitting rod I like this design 👌 I don't even care you called it pcv . You helped me out Yeats all that counts
dungt2011 I don't have one. Was going to mention that but forgot to. But yeah, that would totally make it easier, and you could line up the hole in one go with a drill.
Fishon Norcal I'm sure either would work. I just grabbed the first thing I saw that was affordable! You just need something to hold the pole in place. 40 should do just fine.
+Matts Withans Nice... the white schedule 40 is a little bit thinner and easier to work with but like you said they will both do the job. Thanks for the video. Take care.
Thanks for this cool video...Damn Man! I wish I would have seen this earlier I could have saved me some money and made my own nice sand spikes Aggggghhhh!!! Oh well now I have me a nice project to do for the spring LOL
Thanks for the video. I just don't like the nut sticking out on the inside. That would just make a mess of the butt of the rod. The whole thing is strong enough though...
Much safer to drill holes than melt.Should have used pan head screws and bolted through the other way so you won’t have the obstruction of the nut. Just my two cents.
So much easier to just use 1 1/2" or 2" pvc pipe cut to 36 inch lengths. Once you get to the beach, stick the sharpened end (cut to a 45 degree angle) into the wet sand about 2 inches...then suck on the end of the pvc. This suction will cause the pvc pipe to magically go down into the sand as far as you need it to go. So very easy and nothing else to buy but one piece of pvc pipe.
Good video, but there is nothing holding your pole in the spike? This could also be called a fishing pole launcher. A big fish hits and all your gear is gone.
Dude love your videos but you didn't need to melt a frickin hole; AAAHHHH DRILLL A F^^CKIN HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg lol hilarious buddy and through the pcv pipe too hahahaha.
Thanks for the inspiration! My home depot was somehow all out of regular nuts (no pun intended). So I improvised and bought t-nuts and and drilled a hole big enough for the middle part of the t-nut in the plastic. (kind of hard to describe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-nut ) I used shorter bolts, and the t-nuts bit right in, and it came out totally flush. I also used a cap for the bottom, because it was cheaper. Thanks again!
Why so many Critics? We all knew what he meant by "PCV", and maybe he doesn't have a drill. Who cares, the design is awesome and gives me a great starting point to make mine. Thanks Dude. I appreciate you taking the time to post this Vid. Tight Lines and Sunny Sky's!
Thanks for saying this Kevin. He is trying to help out fishermen that do not have a lot of money for gear. Kudos to him for this.
Because there are way too many people with nothing else to do but criticize everything they see on RUclips and Facebook.
So, I watched this video and was completely impressed with how simple, quick, effective, and cheap this idea was. I altered the design slightly for my fresh water fishing rods.
My alterations:
1. The local garden center sold a 3' version of these spikes. I used those.
2. 1' down from the top of the spike, I bent the spike to about 30 degrees by pinching the spike between two large rocks and applying steady pressure. This way I can stick the spike straight into the ground about a foot, there is one foot that is straight in the air (plumb), and the final foot is tilted towards the pond, simulating how you would normally hold a fishing rod. This balances really well.
3. I just took some tie wraps and attached the PVC to the spike. That works fine for my style of fishing. The bolts, melting, and so on are a lot of work that can be avoided.
Thanks for a great idea and a great video! I tweaked things a bit, but used the concept shown here as my foundation and starting point.
Only took RUclips 4 yrs to finally recommend this videoing my feed. It’s easy, it’s inexpensive, but above all it works.
I may just be making a trip to the hardware store later. Thanks
Alex at “The Art of Crabbing” recommended your channel. Thank you for putting up all this content. My girlfriend loves to eat crab so here I am buying gear and making sand spikes. I was just gonna pound PVC into the sand but your set up seemed to make sense. I just built two of them. My only change was I used 1/4”x 1 1/4” Phillips pan head bolts and put the head of the bolt on the inside of the pipe. I drilled the hole all the way through so i could hold the Phillips head with a screwdriver while I tightened the nut to the stake.
I Yust finished looking at your vidio and I'm so excited to build me 4 san spikes . ill be going to home depot . hey my friend thank you very much for sharing this toturial. Appreciate it so much. God bless.
nice, good idea, one could take this same concept and even find a piece of stainless angle iron and make a real salt water worthy setup that would last a lifetime. thanks for posting
Does this guy really care about the critics? He has 1M subscribers. The jokes on you, haters. Good job, a nice, easy & cheap little project.
Nice idea, I don't fish, but this could also be used to hold a portable telescopic antenna mast for portable ham radio work.
great video, just a suggestion is to take a flat head screw and put it thru the top on the inside so it would be flush inside the top holder, it would make it where you rod wouldn't hit that nut, great idea, will be making some of my own for catfishin
Thanks for the awesome video. The surf pole holders are expensive and this build will save money for sure. I will give this build a try this weekend.
How did your rod spike build come out?
OMG hahaha Summertime in the LBC best song ever! You are a kindred LBC spirit.
Great Video! Ive been trying to find cost effective ways to make these. Definitely going to try these out. Thanks
Great idea. I’m gonna make a couple but might just use a small carriage bolt to hold the top end of the pvc. Thanks brother.
I like this design coz u can use it when rock fishing as well by jamming it into the rocks
You are using ABS(acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) in the construction here, vs PVC(polyvinyl choride). Either is a good choice for this application. Main difference is ABS is stronger where PVC is more flexible. Also PVC is more resistant to prolonged sun exposure. ABS is cheaper.
Also if you wanted to avoid the pole snagging the top nut. You can replace it with a pan headed machine screw, or even a small carriage bolt.
+mrtoady2 Awesome advice. I did not know this, thanks for sharing!!
Shut up.
I use those spikes to hold up trees straight. The coating peels and the steel rusts over time. Recommend buying aluminum 4’ L-bars and cut in half. Made four spikes at the same cost. Two holes to hold the PVC pipes to the stake. One bolt to hold the pole from slipping.
Had to give you a like just for the music choice when driving.
Great job......you could also try to maybe zip tie the plastic pipe on to the stake. For all you trolls out there commenting on the plastic pipe. It's ABS not PVC, but that does not matter, both will work, now go out just build it.
RR Merlin hell tape would work
for the top piece you could use a special bolt... I think it's called a flange bolt, which is used to mount plumbing fixtures. probably have to look in the plumbing section... it has a very low profile head that would not interfere with the rod. or you could just use a regular round head bolt, which is fairly smooth.
Pak De one could make a smaller channel and turn it so the reel is sideways. Just a thought
an added idea for readers and op, drill or heat and work two holes into top piece of plastic, one big enough to let head of screw through, then push through to side with the metal spike, attach and you wont have to cut out part of plastic, bolt wont be in the way, voila, great vids, cheers
Thanks for the complete description and parts list! Very helpful and practical concept. Will build a few a test them out near Santa Cruz, Ca this fall :)
At the 5:47 mark of your video I would’ve used 1” carriage bolt and inserted from hole inside PVC and a wing nut to secure it to the post.
It's 2022. Just spent $15 for a pair of these with the exception of the Piping.
They have parts in inches instead of mm. Will try 1/4" x 3" and 1/4" x 1" for the screws
I made four of these yesterday. I got some Marine Raider, single rod holders from Academy Sports and they worked just fine.
Perfect timing getting ready for ocean beach
I just us pvc pipe with one side cut at an angle and a bolt going through it so you can stop it into the ground.
My grandpa has been making something like this for 40 years. If you have more than one to carry here is a tip from grandpas rigs. drill a hole towards the top of the PVC (or whatever you are using) on each rod holder. Then get two large snap swivels. Tie the snap swivels together with about a foot to foot and a half piece of string/rope and then attach the snap swivels to the holes in the PVC. Now just put them over your shoulder.
Great design. To make it a little easier just use pvc couplings and drill the holes instead of the hot nail
so you're telling me i don't need butter to make these, or did i miss a step?
but seriously, thanks a lot man, im going on a trip tomorrow, and ran out of funds for supplies and was thinking i was going to have to just babysit 1 rod. but i have everything to make a few of these sitting in my garage left over from when i made a fence to keep the neighborhood cats from crapping in my garden, and from when i remodeled my bathroom.
so ya, free rod holders for me. if i wasn't subscribed already, i would definitely subscribe.
i know this vid is like 4 years old, so you probably won't see it, but thanks again, and keep up the great work on the vids.
more work then my idea of sawing off a 4ft chunk of PVC pipe at an angle to poke into the ground... but much nicer quality too. How long do the u-posts last in the saltwater?
+Bret Chernak I've had mine for over two years. Still going strong. They'll last even longer if you rinse them after each use. Also a lot easier to get into the sand than the PVC pipes
awesome tutorial. I will definitely make these for my kids and myself.
You should use carriage bolts next time. Once you have melted your first hole place the carriage bolt inside while its still hot, then attach it to your U-post and fasten with the wing nut. You wont have to cut the pipe again and you wont have a nut sticking up in the middle, and its one le$$ part you have to buy :) Great videos by the way!
Why use metric hardware?
Why not make the holes with a drill bit and cordless drill? Much faster and cleaner
Why are we burning nails? Never heard of a drill bit?
Thank you. Interesting design that made me rethink my approach. I do think you'll find that you don't "need" that long cross bolt on the bottom. The reel seat will stop the rod from falling all the way through.
You can just use carrage bolts 🔩 if the head are hitting rod I like this design 👌 I don't even care you called it pcv . You helped me out Yeats all that counts
nice I just made one today instead of melting nail to make holes I just drilled it in works great both ways. ima be selling some :-)
Why don't you use the drill?
dungt2011 I don't have one. Was going to mention that but forgot to. But yeah, that would totally make it easier, and you could line up the hole in one go with a drill.
Nice video. Have you considered white schedule 40 PVC or are you going for strength with the Grey schedule 80? Thanks.
Fishon Norcal I'm sure either would work. I just grabbed the first thing I saw that was affordable! You just need something to hold the pole in place. 40 should do just fine.
+Matts Withans Nice... the white schedule 40 is a little bit thinner and easier to work with but like you said they will both do the job. Thanks for the video. Take care.
As usual another great video. Thanks. I like your channel.
i appreciate the video man! i am a native san franciscan but now live in south city. Hope to see you out there fishing
Great idea thank you
Found a good project for this weekend!! Thanks
Patrick O'Reilly =)
+Patrick O'Reilly YUP !
I would recommend a drill versus the hot nail method lol. Unless you don't have a drill then the nail works I suppose.
Thanks Matts going to make a few for my brother and i..
Good job. Thank for the effort!
Thanks for this cool video...Damn Man! I wish I would have seen this earlier I could have saved me some money and made my own nice sand spikes Aggggghhhh!!! Oh well now I have me a nice project to do for the spring LOL
Hahaha yeah man, these are so much better than a simple PVC pipe. Smaller and lighter too. Easier to put in the sand also
can you make a video on how to fix a fishing rod ring.
Wow
Certainly is one consideration
Perhaps a bit heavy ?
Hows it going dude,was wounding what beach that was at the end of this video?thanks for the videos love them all
Looks like Ocean Beach to me.
"too many people from "Expert Village " here!
Awesome video and thanks for the video made some already
Thanks for the video. I just don't like the nut sticking out on the inside. That would just make a mess of the butt of the rod. The whole thing is strong enough though...
Much safer to drill holes than melt.Should have used pan head screws and bolted through the other way so you won’t have the obstruction of the nut. Just my two cents.
anybody else hear him say pcv pipe instead of PVC?
Tyler Chedister he knows it too lol
Tyler Chedister surely did
yup pcv
Tyler Chedister disregarding the verbal slip up the project was well described.
I thought it was a slip up at first then I was like "oh he actually thinks its pcv"
So much easier to just use 1 1/2" or 2" pvc pipe cut to 36 inch lengths. Once you get to the beach, stick the sharpened end (cut to a 45 degree angle) into the wet sand about 2 inches...then suck on the end of the pvc. This suction will cause the pvc pipe to magically go down into the sand as far as you need it to go. So very easy and nothing else to buy but one piece of pvc pipe.
What model Toyota is that? looks new but has the old park brake the Toyota trucks used to have
This was a 2006 Tacoma access cab 4x2. Long been sold
Oh wow the interior looked alot like a corolla or camry
Very helpful bro, good job!
PCV is Positive Crankcase Ventilation. It was discontinued in the late 60’s. PVC is Poly Vinyl Chloride which is the pipe material.
pressed like because of the song
Attach with band clamps
Matts, you be jamming lol, damn the fish just play music
Good video, but there is nothing holding your pole in the spike? This could also be called a fishing pole launcher. A big fish hits and all your gear is gone.
Awesome, and I subbed you.
With that metal spike, your rod better be a 5' and fishing crappies because for saltwater it will bend.
Dude love your videos but you didn't need to melt a frickin hole; AAAHHHH DRILLL A F^^CKIN HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg lol hilarious buddy and through the pcv pipe too hahahaha.
boa ideia obrigado por compartilhar
liked for the jam in the car!
Your videos are dope!! u keep it 100% Real!!!
Whose here watching in 2020?
PVC. and Drill and you had a gas stove as I heard the pixel lighter.
You will have to update the title to $50 to reflect price rises.
thank you bud
Onto the next video
Just buy a 10ft.stick of 1 1/2 PVC and make 2 for less than 5 and one cut
Solid
summer time in L.B.C 👌
Or you can buy one already assembled for $3.99 at Academy Sports
use a drill to make the holes
Dope video
There a thing they call a drill bit
Just buy a bigger pvc pipe for the top part
Why not just use a drill bit? Instead of heating a nail
That's what I was thinking. It's an option if some people doesn't have one, like me.
Thanks for the inspiration! My home depot was somehow all out of regular nuts (no pun intended). So I improvised and bought t-nuts and and drilled a hole big enough for the middle part of the t-nut in the plastic. (kind of hard to describe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-nut )
I used shorter bolts, and the t-nuts bit right in, and it came out totally flush.
I also used a cap for the bottom, because it was cheaper. Thanks again!
Instructions not clear, Stove caught fire, Fire fighter hitting on my wife. blister on my fingers.
😂😂😂😂
matt looks so young here
GREAT video man thanks! but, it came to $10 total :p
Send him the invoice difference $
I was like damn bro.... this ain't $5 lol
you are using ABS pipe and those fumes contain Arsenic. Do NOT breath them!
That is not five dollars. save the money to buy those supplies at HD or Lowes and put in 5-10 extra dollars and get a already made one..
Pvc not pcv
You not a plumber hey ?
pvc not pcv
that's alot of effort with the heating a nail and melting. Dont you own a drill?
I do not lol
in that case kudos on your improvising skills.😊
Jesus Christ, all you have to do is cut a 45 deg angle at the end of a 2 foot section of pvc pipe and you're done. Why is everyone over thinking this?
Great idea, but a drill would work much better.
I mean getting high on fumes is cool and all but call me old fashioned. ...I'd drill a hole
It's not pvc it's polyurethane plastic
Lol trying to correct this guy helping people and your also wrong lmao… it’s actually abs…
PVC not PCV
Every time he says the P word have a shot of alcohol
It's PVC boss...PVC!!!