Buried cigars?

[massphatness]

Originally Posted by Hoosierguy

Perhaps I should demo my entire house and build a new one with a basement. Surely, this would be much easier than digging a hole and inserting an 8" dia. pipe.

Now that’s just silly.

[MajorCaptSilly]

Originally Posted by massphatness

Now that’s just silly.

Did somebody call me?

MCS

[SaltyMcGee]

Originally Posted by massphatness

Now that’s just silly.

[TheTraveler]

Originally Posted by Hoosierguy

Perhaps I should demo my entire house and build a new one with a basement. Surely, this would be much easier than digging a hole and inserting an 8" dia. pipe.

Oh, come now, don't be ridiculous! You shouldn't demo the entire house, you should embark on a long and very expensive renovation project wherein the contractors dig out and build the basement under the existing house! Sheesh, only cheaters would go the demo route.

j/k of course

Have you already purchased the cigar caddies? Are they the perfectly airtight/watertight model? The reason I ask about the airtightness ... condensation due to differences in air temp. Might need to dig the hole, set the apparatus up, insert a thermometer and find out the temp at the depth you'll be storing, get your cigar caddies to that temp, THEN drop them in the tube. But I dunno, I'm no heat/air man nor am I an engineer.

I say do it. But here's what you have to do....Turn it into a science project for all the CA BOTL's to watch....Take pics of the project and the progress, and then check back with it periodically to see how they are doing, take more pics with more results, then finally smoke them and post your results.

The Great Cigar Burial.....

[rizzle]

Once upon a time I thought I had heard it all.

Let er rip, bro!

Encode the treasure map and hold a contest for the first one to figure it out.

Hydraulics.

For 8" dia. you just need an auger.
With a backhoe you would have the whole root cellar in just as much time.

[Emjaysmash]

Haha, this is so epic!

Gophers and weasels and squirrels, oh my!

Gentlemen,

PROJECT UPDATE:

I picked up the 8" dia. PVC pipe yesterday. It has a cap glued on one end and a slip on cap for the top. I will later fix a lock through the top lid.
The hole is dug and the pipe is now in place. I will post photos soon. I have 60 cigars coming today via UPS. I also received my RH beads today from hcmcigarbeads.com.
Question: Should I adjust my beads from 65 to 70 percent humidity?
I know I need to let them set in my caddys for a couple of weeks first, but should I adjust them if up to 70* or leave them where they are (assuming they are between 65 and 70).
I have two 15 and one 10 cigar caddys that I will "put in the hole" and connect to a hook at the top of the pipe with heavy strings. I'll number the caddys and keep an inventory of what's in which box.

[weak_link]

OK, I'm hooked. Plz post photos of your work.

[kaisersozei]

Looks like excessive end zone celebration to me. Good thing they didn't pull out a Sharpie.

Pics!

[dwoodward]

This needs pics of course... but really dude, all you needed was a cooler. Waste of time in my opinion. I also suspect that within a month you will buy a cooler out of sheer frustration with digging up your cigars every time you want a smoke.

Originally Posted by dwoodward

This needs pics of course... but really dude, all you needed was a cooler. Waste of time in my opinion. I also suspect that within a month you will buy a cooler out of sheer frustration with digging up your cigars every time you want a smoke.

I would rather this than trying to keep a cooler cool by having to continually add ice and worry about the temperature. This tube will keep things nice and cool. I can easily access cigars and will keep them in the house once ambient temps go down.

I'll put a lock on it later today.

Here is the 8" PVC tube. It's 54" tall!


Hook for rope:


Lid:


Looking down tube:

Hole with tube in it:



Cigar Caddy (15) on a "leash":


Caddy in tube:


Final storage photo:

[MajorCaptSilly]

Did the leaves from your Oak tree fall early this year?


MCS

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

Did the leaves from your Oak tree fall early this year?


MCS

I put it in a part of our yard that is left "natural" (I don't rake there).

I'll probably paint the cap to look leafy.