Underground guying

[kev7937]

May have a planting job coming up where they're specifying underground guying to anchor the trees, not had this before and wondered if anyone could share anything here to help me out?

 

The largest tubs are 140l and all the trees are 14-16 with 4m height

 

Ta

[Beezy]

Hello mate

 

We've just completed a fair size planting job to provide privacy screening to a residential property following an extension to a school.

 

We planted 13 x 3.5-4m Thuja Plicata 'Atrovirens' amongst other trees to form a continuous screen, and anchored them all with 'Platipus' tree anchoring, and supplemented them with 'Piddlar' irrigation systems due to the sandy free draining soil.

 

It took a bit of getting your head round, but worked really well in the end and we had it down to a fine art by the last one! Very secure, neat and tidy and zero maintenance or unsightly stakes or guys!

 

Downside? Well if you get called back to grind I guess, but all that metalwork is the next generations problem! In all seriousness though, I've found worse doing a stump grind.

 

You have to drive 3 or 4 ground anchors in about 1.5m, as said on this site it was sandy soil, but on harder or rocky ground I would be very hesitant to recommend this.

 

Here's a few pics, google Platpus ground anchor, that's what we used and get from our local nursery, I'm sure others are available

 

Hope this helps

Cheers

Beezy

Edited April 29, 2013 by Beezy
Being a numptie with the pics! Leave it with me...

[John Shutler]

It depends how much you want to spend really

 

 

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[Gareth Dalzell]

Unless specified otherwise, we'd form a wooden triangle over the rootball, and then form a plain wire triangle over the wooden one attach to 3" machine rounded posts and drive them into the ground to tension the wire. Works a treat. We,ve used various bought ground anchor kits but the above system works perfectly if the ground conditions are normal and cost about 1/10th of the other.

[elicokiz]

I've used platypus in the past , first time 20 years ago on an avenue of heavy standards ,which are now well established , I worried about the rootball development for years after I'd planted them but they adapted to the treatment well and look the business

[Mark J]

Unless specified otherwise, we'd form a wooden triangle over the rootball, and then form a plain wire triangle over the wooden one attach to 3" machine rounded posts and drive them into the ground to tension the wire. Works a treat. We,ve used various bought ground anchor kits but the above system works perfectly if the ground conditions are normal and cost about 1/10th of the other.

 

+1

[kev7937]

Thanks, I'll have a proper look at the platypus tomorrow though the spec does state securing to "sleeper deadmen with specific wire and grippers so I'll see if it covers that.

[Random Rob]

One of my dads mates (luckily working for council) drove a platypus anchor through a fibre optic cable and cut off town centre phones and cash machine!!!!

 

Be careful driving steel into unknown ground!

[carlos]

we made our own system from three concrete blocks in the ground with braided wire loops from each block then the main one in a triangle pattern tensioned with a ratchet fence strainer. all the wire componets were put together with wire crimps, hard to explain and it was some time ago, all the trees are still upright and saved a fortune over ready made kits.

i could think and explain better if your interested.

thanks carl