Thread: sand/ground anchor

I'm not sure if this is the same company that DRUT used but after a bit of googling I found this mob in Melbourne.

http://www.gratingco.com.au/bridging.shtml

I can't find a price though.



Harvs.

Yeah thats the same ones as i had in the Uk even use the same landy pics that the UK company does, as you can see , it has brit number plates on it

I got 2 bright yellow ones, 50mm thick for $220 (ish? can't remember exactly), from these guys. Excellent service. Got delivered 2 days later.

i found this ground anchor on another site.
it's not built real well, it's pretty ugly and some bits have been known to break off but it might give you some ideas


http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews...ear_corner.jpg

In Saudi we used to put a brightly coloured rope about 1.5-2metres long on one end of our sand ladders.
Sometimes they would be buried about 0.5 metres.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by HangOver

I've seen anchors like this before on boats:

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?i...lr%3D%26sa%3DN


I wonder if this type would do the trick, they are pretty small, dunno about cost though. Any boat'ers aout there hazard a guess?

You betcha, Hangover. That is the "plough anchor" it was designed to hold the Sunderland Flying Boat in their spot. That will dig in so deep you will have to dig it back out. If it doesn't pull your Landy over first.
I have made up a modification of the North Sea Lightship anchor for my Landy. Take 1 old disk plough shear(biggest you can find), and a length of sturdy steel rod. Turn a thread on one end of the rod, using 2 nuts, this bolts to the disk, fashion an eye or semi-closed hook on the other end, and there squats you one. A portable break-apart "Mushroom Anchor" of the type that holds lightships in place during North Sea gales. Sturdy enough for you?


Shorty.

Originally Posted by barney

i found this ground anchor on another site.
it's not built real well, it's pretty ugly and some bits have been known to break off but it might give you some ideas


http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews...ear_corner.jpg

Pretty pricey for a throw away single use ground anchor? Don't you think?

Shorty.

Originally Posted by DRUT

Q. what brand is your anchor? can u provide links to suppliers website

Q. Where did you get the tracks sitting on the back of your rig?

The Anchor looks allot like the "Pull Pal" Brand ground anchors marketed in the US, or a knock off there of. These are pretty pricey, but I have seen them work very well in all but really hard pack ground (difficult to get started, but it can be done) and rock crawling situations. They fold up nice and compact as well, and are pretty light weight all things considered.

I was lucky enough to pick one up for next to nothing from a guy who won one in a raffle at a four wheel drive event, and later sold his truck, otherwise I probably wouldn't own one for the price, but they do work nicely..