Large Candle Stabilization

[FinnAmerican]

What's the best way to stabilize an oversized 200+ shot type of Roman Candle...? Should it be at an angle...?

Buried in the ground -OR- 5 gallon bucket filled with sand

[RalphieJ]

I've used 5 gal. buckets filled with sand for 3" and 4" mortars (with wood discs in the bottom of the bucket to keep the tube from punching through) and have seen up to 6" used the same way.

[RalphieJ]

I've used 5 gal. buckets filled with sand for 3" and 4" mortars (with wood discs in the bottom of the bucket to keep the tube from punching through) and have seen up to 6" used the same way.

LOL, I hit "post" before finishing........you'll be safer with the bucket and sand.

[esgrillo]

metal stake and secured with a bunch of packing tape for consumer candles. You can see at the 1:04 mark and actually going off at the 12:21 mark. There are two sets at 45 degree angles toward each other.
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/347225074

[PyroJoeNEPA]

A piece of rebar or a stout wooden stake and a couple heavy duty zip ties will work well & allow you to set angles. Or, as Ed said above, you can also use tape on them.
I do believe using a sand filled bucket or burying them is overkill.
I have shot the large count candles as well as the [OL] 2" bore 10 shot with the 1.75" cans in them using the rebar/zip tie method and have never had an issue with them.

[joewad]

Some places sell them but they are simple to make. Add a couple rebars for more stability and shoot'em in mass......Its a very nice effect, just remember to measure twice and cut once. I even cut the plastic stake off of candle.

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[Mattp]

Last couple years I took some tubes out of a 6 shot consumer rack.. and put the pro candles in their place .. worked great.. was ably to angle easily too.. but yeah.. a good stake is probably the simplest way to go

[Rick_In_Tampa]

What Ed and Joe said. Drive a stake in the ground and zip-tie them or tape them in place. And by zip-tie I don't mean the ties you (may) use to fuse mortars. I mean the big ties used to cuff prisoners.

[esgrillo]

What Ed and Joe said. Drive a stake in the ground and zip-tie them or tape them in place. And by zip-tie I don't mean the ties you (may) use to fuse mortars. I mean the big ties used to cuff prisoners.

lol rick... I really did laugh with that one.

[Rick_In_Tampa]

lol rick... I really did laugh with that one.

Thanks Ed! Always happy to provide some levity with my pyro advice. :p

[Wholesale Fireworks]

http://www.pyrotalk.com/bulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=6119&stc=1 Our roman Candle Rocket rack is perfect for those large round repeters