Thread: sand/ground anchor

Originally Posted by DRUT

thats the ones, around $300 a set

Thank you both, dutifully bookmarked. The photo's look impressive.

Light weight, strong, easy to stow and clean.


Shorty.

I also use the Original bigger size Pul-Pal from the U.S. They were issued to some teams on a number of Camel Trophy events back in the nineties...I don't think they can be beaten in terms of strength and design. In fact I don't ever remember hearing of anyone who's broke one.

Not only have I used it as a means of self recovery, one time I was winching a Ni$$@n P@trol out of a sand bowl but he was heavier and started to drag me down with him..........I deployed the Pul-Pal from the rear of my Rover on a short chocker chain and used it as the anchor to stop me going in to join him.

As an alternative to the bridging/sand ladders. Try the docks or places that maintain oil rigs. That same stuff was originally used as non-slip decking for the rigs floors. They been known to throw off-cuts away in the dry docks here!

The system of burying a spare tire in sand is pretty much a myth from my experiance....have you ever tried digging a pit in soft sand deep enough to bury a 16" rim and tire? The bloody pit fills in as quick as you can shovel the sand out!....why do you think I bought the Pul-Pal?

Here's me on the end of it during an Emprty Quarter recovery I did back in December.....thats a steep bowl I'm in there and took three sessions with the winch to get me out.