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19 Nov ’15 - 10:42 am

I can't decide if that is the most redneck or awesome thing I have ever seen

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20 Nov ’15 - 11:15 am

Wow, just wow. I think I'm in the same boat as you - split. This would be a cool water catchment pond.

I wonder if they did any calculations on the come-along straps being sufficient. My gut tells me, "no".

Could this be used for a taller/larger rain collector? Obviously the closer to circular you get, the stronger it would be. I just don't like the idea of paying $10k to hold 10,000 gallons. Here in Texas where rain has switched to binge and purge (two record setting floods this year alone), something like this seems pretty darn attractive.

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20 Nov ’15 - 12:10 pm

not sure, here is another slick method using wire fencing

http://www.motherear.....-tank.aspx

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20 Nov ’15 - 6:36 pm

Nice! For those without a pond, these could be a great way for heating/cooling assistance due to the large thermal mass.

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20 Nov ’15 - 6:58 pm

Kind of unrelated but your subject got me googling and I found my new favorite house. Fortunately, it has the rainwater tanks and uses them exactly as I was saying: as a thermal battery.

http://www.archdaily.....architects