Show us your DIY land anchors

StuntmanAd · Jan 2, 2010

Having got my Series 3 along with 2 SJs well and truly stuck up a mountain today (there still up there now!) I'm going to have to invest in a winch. Problem is there isn't always trees around so a land anchor will be ideal. being a tight git I'd like to have a go at making one first. Anybody made there own on here? Any chance of some pics and tips for making one?

Ta, Ad

lil-landy · Jan 2, 2010

Ingredients.

3x long strong pins to stick in ground
lots of rope
**** off sledgehammer

works for me

Look on the internet for pictures

90truckcab · Jan 2, 2010

i use some of those steel erectors pins, bout 4 ft long x 35mm thick , 3 will do nice at a good 45 deg angle spaced evenly ****ted in with a big ammer, job done, seen it done with a scaffold pole too

nathan5346 · Jan 2, 2010

what are steel erector pins?

90truckcab · Jan 2, 2010

nathan5346 said:
what are steel erector pins?

dunno what ther really called, i were workin on a site and the steel erectin guys had long pins or bars , as i described with a big point on the end , and a ball to hit on the other, dunno what they were doin with them , but four kinda got thrown on me trailer in the dark ,

90truckcab · Jan 2, 2010

ooh ah, think they were fer lining holes or something up , who cares ! like a crowbar or somethin, they drive in the ground nice any way

jimbot90 · Jan 2, 2010

90truckcab said:
ooh ah, think they were fer lining holes or something up , who cares ! like a crowbar or somethin, they drive in the ground nice any way

ya mean a ringer,i rekon.

nathan5346 · Jan 2, 2010

i asked cos im a steel erector and never heard of em unless u mean steel fixer?

gemsdad · Jan 2, 2010

nathan5346 said:
i asked cos im a steel erector and never heard of em unless u mean steel fixer?

with 6 kids nath yer erector worked some overtime i reckon.

90truckcab · Jan 2, 2010

nathan5346 said:
i asked cos im a steel erector and never heard of em unless u mean steel fixer?

yer can tell me then

am showin me ignorance now,:doh: whats the difference, one does structural RSJ an stuff ..............

nathan5346 · Jan 2, 2010

90truckcab said:
yer can tell me then

am showin me ignorance now,:doh: whats the difference, one does structural RSJ an stuff ..............

steel erectors erect steel frame buildings, steel fixers put the rebar in fer ring beams n concrete n stuff

si844 · Jan 2, 2010

i'v seen em made from them steel spikes that are sometimes used for a temporary fence, 3 of em through a steel plate with a shackle on end

Pikey · Jan 2, 2010

Army surplus places sell em as well 2 flat bars with holes in em and 8 or so steel pins to drive in thru the holes into ground forming a Vee shape.

jimbot90 · Jan 2, 2010

rekon e means a ringer nath,like wot ya use fa easin the legs ova n that.

Pikey · Jan 2, 2010

I reckon he means summat like this
Ground Anchor Plate | Cast Ground Anchor Base, Denbigh Army Surplus

And 5 of these buggers would do the job if linked by a length of chain with shackle on the end.

jimbot90 · Jan 2, 2010

redhand said:
I reckon he means summat like this
Ground Anchor Plate | Cast Ground Anchor Base, Denbigh Army Surplus

And 5 of these buggers would do the job if linked by a length of chain with shackle on the end.

id call that bar a ringer.

90truckcab · Jan 2, 2010

aye somethin like that , never heard it called a ringer tho,

discoboy84 · Jan 2, 2010

remember to rope from top of first to bottom of next then top of that same one to bottom of next

90truckcab · Jan 2, 2010

discoboy84 said:
remember to rope from top of first to bottom of next then top of that same one to bottom of next

yeah other wise it dunt work .

seen that a few times

The Mad Hat Man · Jan 2, 2010

wots wrong with one of these?

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