I've drilled a very heavy dense concrete block with a 16mm hole. 16mm bar in there poking out the top and matching hole up the centre of the trunk. Put it on cardboard and wrap it with a sheet. It's rock steady with an 8ft tree in it. Just have to make sure I put it where I can find it again after Christmas each year.
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MysterG
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Wow! what a thread resurrection 
We have a bought plastic one. Basically a bucket with 5 slot in legs.
You screw a fitting up into the base of the truck which locates in a socket in the bottom of the bucket.
A set of four adjustable clamps centre and grip the trunk.
Had it for best part of 30 years and it's still going strong.
As a child we had a piece of tube welded to the centre of a large piece of 1/4" plate.
We have a bought plastic one. Basically a bucket with 5 slot in legs.
You screw a fitting up into the base of the truck which locates in a socket in the bottom of the bucket.
A set of four adjustable clamps centre and grip the trunk.
Had it for best part of 30 years and it's still going strong.
As a child we had a piece of tube welded to the centre of a large piece of 1/4" plate.
Didn't spot that! Guess it was dragged up by a spammer who has since been deleted?Wow! what a thread resurrection
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No need - it's in a bucket of water and wrapped with Christmas paper. The wooden blocks are to raise up the tree (we prefer a shorter tree so it's not too bushy) I guess we could hide the blocks as well but I quite like the rustic look. Honestly - it's so simple to fit to the bottom of the tree every year, however knobbly it is. The tree is levelled up by shifting the sand in the bucket beneath the brake disk.Can hide it with presents anyway
