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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

That sounds very much like a crate, for want of a
better word, that holds a plastic
bucket/bag/box/container? of some industrial supply, I
believe the one I had held printers ink.
I can't think of a use for it other than composting. 
My friend used the one I found to hold his gate shut. 

Just leaned it against the gate and moved it when
opening gate.
Van Dell

--- EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Imagine, if you will, and old fashioned playpen,
> about 3x3 in size, 4
> walls, maybe 3 feet tall, and a bottom, but no top. 
> It's on feet, so
> the bottom is about 4 inches off the ground. Now,
> imagine that in heavy
> gauge, pencil thick sized wire and you have what I
> have. :)
> I found this 'cage' here on the property some years
> ago, and thought,
> wow, cool, I'll use that for *something*, but in all
> this time, I have
> never come across a good use for it.  The wire
> bottom and sides have
> holes that about 2" square, and the whole thing is
> HEAVY.  The whole
> cage has hinged sides, so it actually folds up
> flat(well, even 'flat'
> its almost 8" thick-wouldn't fit in a breadbox or
> under a bed<g>.  Of
> course, I could rough compost stuff in it, but it
> would be a small bin
> and hard to aerate.  Someone told me once that is
> was built to transport
> pigs, but I don't see how as their little hooves
> would go right through
> the cage bottom, plus you would have to lift the pig
> in and out as there
> is no door, per se.  I have used it as a temporary
> kid pen with a piece
> of wood and some hay in the bottom, but only for a
> brief period because
> it required too much in the way of cleaning and it
> didn't take long for
> the babies to climb out.  I thought about using it
> for wood storage, but
> it wouldn't even hold a weeks worth of wood.
> Can anyone tell me what this thing might have been
> used for or have any
> ideas of what I could use it for?
> 
> Bev
> -- 
> Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm   Sleep well tonight, for
> somewhere in the
> ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.
> 
> 
> 
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