Pro tip: I finally found a way to keep my patio umbrella from tipping over in the wind.

I was so tired of chasing it across the yard every time a storm blew through. I filled a 5-gallon bucket with concrete and sunk the base pole into it, and it hasn't moved an inch since. Has anyone else tried something like this, or is there a better way?

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kai65723d ago

Didn't your bucket get super heavy to move around? My buddy did that but used sand instead of concrete, so he could still dump it out at the end of summer. It worked okay until a really bad thunderstorm sent the whole thing rolling like a giant wheel across his deck.

samthompson22d ago

So your friend basically made a giant sand-filled hamster wheel for his umbrella? How much did that thing weigh by the time it stopped rolling?