Hanging light bucket

[hankpage]

Originally Posted by Freebirdusa

I think I might just start dressing like a beekeeper when camping. No more mesquito problems!

There is no stopping those "No-see-ums" If their hungry they gotcha.

[Ruffus]

Hey, Avon sells a masquito repellant (not skin so soft) that really works well. It even keeps the gnats away. Don't think it affects the Dodge Diesel noise though.

[kenn209]

Originally Posted by Ruffus

I too own a hound and go barefoot during the summer and winter too. The bucket lights are not used to attract bugs, just to annoy other campers. I use them for target practice, easy to hit with a 410 shot gun. Even easier when your on a golf cart with the head lights off. When the ranger shows up just throw up your hands and say, "Guns, what guns, aren't they illegal to have in the camp ground" and walk away.
I go camping to get away from all the lights and to see the stars.
Have fun and enjoy the great outdoors.

Let's see, I bet you hate wind chimes too!! Golf carts what's more annoying than golf carts running around a campground. Spike strips should cure that issue!

[hankaye]

hankpage, Howdy

Originally Posted by hankpage

Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the engine sound. (notice I did not say "noise")

All in fun ... Have a great day and travel safely, Hank

No problem ol'Bud, when you travel, be sure to watch out for the idiots out
there, there be a whole heap more of them than there is of us...

hankaye

[vmoore1]

Originally Posted by hankpage

As Festus2 would say "Google is your friend". I Googled ... hanging light bucket and got this website on how to make it. All it is supposed to be is a waterproof lamp to light up your campsite and act as more dry storage when traveling. I'm not that sure what the appeal is in hanging a bucket in a tree and then light it up so everyone can see my tacky choice of decorations at nighttime also.
I go most of the summer barefoot, I drive a truck, belong to the NRA, I listen to country music, My son owns a coonhound and two Jeeps but I guess I am not Redneck enough for a "Bucket Light". JM2¢, Hank

I hope I did not offend anyone ... just that my opinion gets me in trouble all the time.

HAHAHAHAHA X2 Hank

[Ruffus]

Originally Posted by kenn209

Let's see, I bet you hate wind chimes too!! Golf carts what's more annoying than golf carts running around a campground. Spike strips should cure that issue!

Yeh Kenn209, I hate golf carts too but when I'm hosting I refuse to burn my fuel to clean up after others, especially when it means cleaning up shards of plastic from a light bucket after someone has shot it out of a tree. Whoops, did I say that??????

[Freebirdusa]

Originally Posted by Ruffus

I too own a hound and go barefoot during the summer and winter too. The bucket lights are not used to attract bugs, just to annoy other campers. I use them for target practice, easy to hit with a 410 shot gun. Even easier when your on a golf cart with the head lights off. When the ranger shows up just throw up your hands and say, "Guns, what guns, aren't they illegal to have in the camp ground" and walk away.
I go camping to get away from all the lights and to see the stars.
Have fun and enjoy the great outdoors.

Hi Ruffus..I never thought about it annoying other campers. The buckets that I have seen never bothered me. I just figured they were trying to attract the bugs away from their sitting area. I didnt have a problem seeing the stars when they had the bucket plugged in. Im just the type guy that takes interest in fellow campers ideas. I dont want to offend my temporary neighbors while camping. To me it looked like a good idea. It just looked like a dim glow to me.

[kenn209]

We don't use ours to attract bugs away, we only use when we need extra light. After we are done with it off it goes.

Can't take your golf cart out when you have 4 flat tires!! lol

[Freebirdusa]

Ken, you could take the tires off your golf cart and ride down the rail road tracks....just an idea

[Ruffus]

Okay, I'll confess. The bucket lights are only annoying when you are camped between two groups that decide that since they have the campground lit up like day light that they can play horse shoes all night along with loud kids and music. Other than that they're okay.
Hey Freebirdusa (Richard) your profile says your from "Gerorgia", is that in Canada? Never heard of that!

[Firecapt]

I'm with Hankpage,

I've seen the posts (on more than one forum) about various lighting schemes including:

- Patio lights
- Bucket lights
- mods that keep the coach lights on or flashing
- perimeter lights

Trust me when I tell you...most of us would appreciate all lights be dimmed from dark to around 10pm and then turned off. While I'm sure that it is fun and cute to use various outside lighting scenarios, those around you probably won't appreciate it.

In essence, the less you do that intrudes on your neighbors privacy, ambiance, or the general quiet enjoyment of the campground, the better.

I know you didn't ask about this, just about the bucket light, sorry to use your question to go off on outside lighting; but I thought it might be a time and place to use this topic to express my feelings about outside lighting in general.

Sorry if any of this offended you Only wanted to share my feelings on outside lighting.

In the end, IMHO the only outside lighting you need is not around your campsite, or your trailer, but just the lighting needed to cover your immediate outside needs.

[Freebirdusa]

looks like a made a bad typo...Georgia. I might be in canada. Never know where I am gonna be from one day to the next lol

[kenn209]

That's one thing I could understand, Why would you want to make your camper running lights flash? Is that a Good Sam's Rally thingy?

[Javi]

Originally Posted by kenn209

That's one thing I could understand, Why would you want to make your camper running lights flash? Is that a Good Sam's Rally thingy?

I think mostly it is a quirky thing, but some say it's to mark the camper for folks looking for it after dark, kind of like E-flashers.. course if everyone in the CG is flashing then the one that isn't is the guy you're looking for..

[Javi]

We stayed in Tyler State Park a couple of months ago and while we never saw a bucket light we did see a few large campers with very,very large lights hoisted into the surrounding trees which they burned most of the night.. quite annoying actually.. My wife loves her awing lights ( I hate the darn things) but we turn them out if we're not sitting out there...

P.S. I'd much rather you use an electric golf cart instead of your diesel to run to the dumpster or the shower house... at 2 am

[mikell]

Last weekend we were at a gathering that had limited power and the weather was cool so no AC needed. The first night a guy about 100 feet away had a very loud generator running all night and every light on the outside on. When someone asked why, it was for security. He wasn't happy the next night when security people showed up at 10:15 and told him to shut down for the night. But at 6:01 he fired it up and turned all his lights on again.

[happytrails]

Originally Posted by mikell

Last weekend we were at a gathering that had limited power and the weather was cool so no AC needed. The first night a guy about 100 feet away had a very loud generator running all night and every light on the outside on. When someone asked why, it was for security. He wasn't happy the next night when security people showed up at 10:15 and told him to shut down for the night. But at 6:01 he fired it up and turned all his lights on again.

Sounds like a really nice fellow camper.

[Ruffus]

I think what it is that some people always had a night light on when they were kids because they were scared of the dark and still are! Mother Natures lights are Stars and Moon and if your far enough North they have the Northern Lights even though I've never seen them. Each to their own, if they are to annoying we always have Rangers who just love to come out after quiet hours and always have a smile on their face when they get there.

[KJcachers]

Some people think light means security also. Personally, I never worry about crime in a campground as I lock my s**t up when I go to sleep. If somebody wants to steal my bag chair then help yourself if you're that desperate for a chair. A lot of people also camp with dogs so I also believe the thieves know better than to tip toe around a camper at night.

[mikell]

When we bought the place we live it had a yard light on each side of the house and more farther out. They're gone now

People have camper flags for whatever. "NRA spoken" here was a good neighbor