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On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 3:35:21 PM UTC-4, Bob Gibbons wrote:
On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:14:15 -0700 (PDT), mzivley- -hotmail.com wrote: http://www.mcmaster.com/#earth-anchors/=11oe1od The 15" anchors won't do the job, but the 48" x 6" anchors will survive almost anything as long as the ground in your area is soft enough to be able to screw these in. Very inexpensive. On the off chance that not everyone is aware of the key to screwing in these ground anchors in hard soil ... Take a long piece of rebar, about as long as the anchor. Slowly hammer this into the ground at the selected spot. Alternately hammer, then withdraw, slowly extending the pilot hole deeper. When the "pilot hole" is almost as deep as the anchor will eventually go, pour water down the hole, wait a few minutes, and repeat a few times. Aim is to saturate the walls of the pilot hole, making insertion of the screw anchor easy. When the water later evaporates, the anchor will be firmly locked. Bob If you're in the Northeast US (or anywhere there was the end of an ice sheet), you WILL hit ton's of rocks in any hole deeper than ~6"...... say "thanks" to the last ice age..... Your method may work very well in other locations..... |
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