Transporting a "tippy" rock

mike_p

I've rigged up a way to safely transport and display the tippy rock.
Almost 2 years ago, there was a nasty accident with this rock planting. It fell, broke the rock into several pieces, and ripped the tree away with 2/3 of the roots gone. Somehow the pot didn't break. Made me sick
I saved the tree, and repaired the rock with superstrength epoxy.
Now that it's in good condition, I want to display it at a show, but need to be sure I can move it safely.
The following images show my plan.
I have this stand made from 3 boards with gaps between the boards. For ease of movement, I installed 4 small casters on the bottom.
The first image shows the rock secured to the table with bungees.
The second image shows one of the casters on the bottom.
Third image shows a bungee hook in the gap between 2 boards and placed around a dowel that spans 2 boards. Seems to be very secure.
When I put it in my truck, I'll block it firmly in place so it can't roll.

Mike

Edit: here's a link to a more "formal" image.
http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/attachm...achmentid=16061

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midwestbonsai

Very nice piece, hope everything works out for you.

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TreeBay

Mike that tree is looking better every time I see it. The only criticism I have is that the stone looks too young. Have you considered mucking it up with some peat and clay and letting it get a little moss growing on it and with the proper humidity, maybe some lichen? The planting is fantastic but the stone looks like it was born yesterday.

In Japan I saw this nursery where they were "treating" the stone lanterns. They had some of them buried and others wrapped in various contrivances to try to induce moss and things to accelerate the aging. I wouldn't be surprised if there were animal manures involved, but I didn't get the details.

Regards,

Matt

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duartix

Drive safely, Mike!

Dale Cochoy

Hey Mike,
I THOUGHT you had solved those moving problems before...thusly!

Your image brings back bad memories from last Fall. I had an old, collected , tall , Bunjin Am. Larch in a seemingly identical pot. I'd worked on it SEVERAL years! Last fall about Thanksgiving I decide to start putting trees aweay in storage . THE VERY FIRST TREE I PICKED UP was a very large semi-cascade Scots Pine in a big heavy chinese pot ( All I can lift and walk with) . As I passed this tree with it I felt the cascade brush the tree and turned to watch it spinning around on the bench ( Like a quarter spinning on a table) then watch it slowly fall and the pot hit a brick walk edge and break the pot and a main branch off the tree. I sat the big cascade down, quickly found the only pot I had that would fit the tree root ball ( An oval!) and potted it up. I just let the Scots pine sit on the ground and went inside and sat down and fumed for a few hours. !
It seems like stuff like that happens to everyone just a little too often!!

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