Caber?

not sure if this should go here or not.
i found links on how to make hammers and weights for
throwing but what about cabers? anybody have ideas on what
to do?.

Cut down a tree.

We've all done it. Seriously.

C. Smith wrote: We've all done it. Seriously.

Desk pop baby!

I carried cabers once on my wife's Volkswagen.

I like to dress like a lumber jack and drive down to the local feed & seed and pick out several 16' & 18' barn poles. Use a draw knife to taper the end and VIOLA' a caber! You can use these while the one you cut down in the forest sheds some of the water weight.

I went to Lowe's and got a 16 foot 4X4 for 19 bucks. I used a belt sander to round off the corners, stained and water sealed it. It's not perfect but it works!

I carry 15-footers in the bed of my Chevy s-10.  Yeah, sure they stick 7-8 feet out the back.  You put the heavy end INSIDE the bed and the skinny end outside. Then you lash it down like a crazy man. Then you put a red rag and other colorful things on the end. Go drive.

Call tree-trimming/arborist companies around your area and let them know you're looking for a fir/pine/spruce.

Where I work, the Big U has  these 14 foot long, tapered steel light poles.  I've always thought about trying to beg one that was getting taken out, off of the grounds guys. Then I'd have my welding dude add 2 feet of pipe to the big end and a flat plate. Then I'd use a piece of wood to make a nice round bottom end to sit in my hands. I'd have a 16 foot, 'bout 80 pound STEEL caber that would never break for the remainder of this century.

find a tree 20 plus feet long and straight with a nice taper top to bottom and cut it down, strip as much bark off as possible.  Cut to a length you can turn without killing yourself.  Longer is better but if you can't ever turn the caber then you won't benefit much from practicing with it.  I have put 18 footers on the roof of my minivan.

and one still lurks out on the desert floor! never to be toyed with again

Swampfox wrote: HA HA HA i can actually picture a twenty foot pole sticking way out the bed of my ten foot truck lol

I love the downed light pole that Pete Kline had turned into a caber long ago. It was a great training caber.

Junk 18 foot power pole from local power company ($7).

Used Tire with 4x4 blocks inside to distribute the weight a little (free).

Tie downs (including 25 footer for the front) ($40)

The looks and questions while driving from St. Louis to Tulsa (Priceless)

Thought I would share that pic, as it was the method recommended to me for carrying a caber with my truck for long distances.  It worked relatively well.  I would like to get some High Density Foam blocks setup for this and have one at both the front and back of the cab.  Also considering a commercial truck topper with racks built in.  Probably still need a foam block for the front of the cab.

KiltBill wrote: And a sign on the side of the truck "Scottish Javelin Team".

For real. Go get a tree. If you have to you can even buy
one almost any size from a raw lumber yard for like $20...
There's not any real substitution for it.
My throwing buddies and I have taken one that we cut,
stripped, sanded, and tapered ourselves with an axe, a
rasp, and sandpaper. It was good enough to be used as the
challenge caber at our local games. If there's a will,
there's a way.