winch ground anchor

[chris hennelly]

...so,could a stout chain laid in the shape of a V and secured with road pins through the links make an effective ground anchor on a paddock with no vehicular accesss and no other anchor points?.....(just hypothetical...).

[william127]

I made a very simple ground anchor out of two heavy pieces of flat bar with holes drilled in, laid in a v shape and joined with a shakle and secured to the ground with 2 foot long, 10mm pins driven through the holes.

I have also used 5 heavy pegs, about 20m. By 2 foot, driven into the ground in a v shape with a strop wrapped around them so they all take an equal amount of strain.

[tree-fancier123]

Ground Anchor,Tirfor/Winch Anchor, Ex Army Unused | eBay

I copied this design, went to steel fabricators got 4 foot length 3" by 1/4" angle bar and asked them to burn a 25mm ish hole about 2 inches in the centre from one end for steel carabiner, shackle etc. Was about £15 for angle bar and got 10 road pins, drilled 13mm holes for road pins

[richy_B]

I have the 900mm one and would highly recommend them. Cheap enough to have 2 or 3.

 

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You don't need the driver. A scaffold bar will do it.

[mendiplogs]

...so,could a stout chain laid in the shape of a V and secured with road pins through the links make an effective ground anchor on a paddock with no vehicular accesss and no other anchor points?.....(just hypothetical...).

 

Hi CHRIS are you on about a winch ground anchor if so DEVON 4x4 do some good ones but there's a member on that does professional offloading and he has some for sale thanks John

[chris hennelly]

thanks,guys for the trouble to reply.I shall adapt the design offered.

[wills-mill]

Steel is good, if you're stuck with wood these work well-

 

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[skc101fc]

Going back to the original post, yes a length of chain or even knotted rope works just as well, but try to keep you pins in a straight line on each 'leg of the v' so no one pin is loaded any more than another. Its got me out scrapes/ wet holes many times without spending money on super kit that spends 99.9% of its time taking up usefull space. If ya flush spend away, if ya practical use ya head.

Shaun

[miker]

3 pins,for instance, driven in slightly angled,(in a line) strop from top of pin to bottom of next one,etc etc,very effective, then you can add pins and strops for extra anchorage

[skc101fc]

Yep, used that one as well. If you're the sort of tit that I am, and spend a long time planning where to get stuck next, you get quite proficient at making solutions like this !!