Cheap and light weight DIY earth anchor

[morten]

I have been using this home made ground anchor for pulling smaller trees with a 400 kg winch.

 

It is made very simply from 2 meter chain and 7 pieces 10mm/70cm rebar stakes. Chain segments welded to end of stakes to ease pulling up and to assist holding down the chain.

 

It will easily hold in excess of 400 kg pulling force.

Total weight <5 kg.

Total cost about £12.

[Paul Smith]

I like the idea!👍

[Gary Prentice]

We had to get a tracked chipper down a impossible slope with no suitable anchor for the winch - 3 lengths of angle iron roped together. Bemt the anchors a bit but worked otherwise and the load was a lot more than 400KG:laugh1:

 

Quick and efficient idea for a portable anchor:thumbup1:

[nepia]

What's that winch/puller? I was expecting to see steel rope, not synthetic. How does the puller grip the rope?

[agg221]

When I winched my 40ft boat up my parents' garden to where I was going to rebuild it, it needed a 5ton Tirfor in low gear. I used something similar to your idea but with garden spades instead of rebar. Three spades was enough to hold it, if hammered in well at an angle. Soil was heavy clay.

 

Alec

[Adam Bourne]

Be good for zip/speedlines where there's no decent anchors..

 

 

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[morten]

What's that winch/puller? I was expecting to see steel rope, not synthetic. How does the puller grip the rope?

 

It's a Maasdam Rope Puller. Very handy and a lot lighter than my Tirfor winch.

 

Rope Pullers & Cable Pullers for Tree Care Operations

 

http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=117

[nepia]

Thanks for that: I've never seen a rope puller before. Looks like it could be really handy for one man working.