notbob wrote in
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On 2010-03-02, Puckdropper puckdropper wrote:

My main concerns are racoons and snow right now. I might put wheels
on it to make it easy to take to the end of the driveway.

What kinda wild animals? Short of bears, you should have no problems.
A stout wood box with slanted hinged cover w/ clasp lock should keep
the smaller varmints out. All our regular dumpsters have black
plastic hinged tops, so snow accumulation is not a problem. A slick
black paint or roofing material should work.

If you have bears, it's a whole new ballgame. Our disposal company
gave us a couple bear-proof dumpsters after a rash of bear problems,
last Fall. Hell, human beings can barely get into them! They're the
child-proof caps of dumpsters.

nb

Small critters mainly. (Wild animals does evoke an image of large ones.
Poor word choice on my part.) The racoons have a reputation for being
crafty and figuring out how to get in to things, so I was wondering if
just a regular hasp (or a turning hasp) would work. If I put a lock on
it, then everyone would need a key to get inside, which means the trash
will get stuffed in my garshop anyway.

The black sloped roof makes a lot of sense, even though their intended
storage place doesn't get much sun.

Puckdropper
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