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what is the best way to post a 2x4 to a horse trough?

classic drill, nut, and bolt. drill through the wood and the metal with about a 1/3in bit. run the same size rounded head bolt from the inside out throw a washer and nut on and tighten it. this way the pointy end is on the outside so not to hurt the monitor.
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Jeff Kearney
Orlando, FL

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or you could just use screws and pre drill through the metal
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i like the bolt and nut because it seems to hold a lot better.
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Jeff Kearney
Orlando, FL

2.7.0 Bearded Dragons (Too many to name)
1.0.0 Mali Uromastyx (Rex)
2.2.0 Ball Python (Ali, Gator, Para, Medic)
1.1.1 Leopard Gecko (Peanut, Almond, Iggy)
1.1.0 Fat-Tailed Gecko (Freddy, Brownie)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Not sure yet)
0.0.2 Blue Phase Dumpys Tree Frog (Sticky, Squishy)

im guessing hes gonna try and build a cage like pro exotics has , basically using the trough as a base to hold soil then building actual enclosure around it screws would be plenty with the 2x4s secured to plywood and around the truogh, the bolt and but idea could take a while and be a lot more expensive.
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1.1 jungle carpets
1.1 sumatran bloods
1.1 het albino rtb
0.2 green anoles
0.1 australian shepard mix
0.0.6 tiger barb fish
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)