DIY land anchors

I'm thinking of making my own land anchor. Something simple lightweight and easy to carry.

I'm going to use some 100x100x8 angle with a big hammer plate on top and eyelets to pull it back out

Anyone else made there own? If so, what design did they use? And more to the point, was it fit for purpose?

Thank you

Depends a lot on what it is going in to. With the angle and hammer plates I assume you are talking about the type that is 3 posts tied together rather than the 'ship anchor' style ones?

Just one angle that is sledge hammered into the ground basically. I think there might be too much resistance when sledging

AJC said:

Just one angle that is sledge hammered into the ground basically. I think there might be too much resistance when sledging

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Hmm I see, and what sort of ground is it going in to?

I can imagine the anchor becoming a missile when it flips out the ground

I'll knock one up and give it a dummy run

Nigel-S said:

I can imagine the anchor becoming a missile when it flips out the ground

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Lol, I was working up to that bit

Speak to 300tdistu.

He makes um, he might tell you what works and dosent. Or just copy the big boys like gigglepin and X eng.

Im sure they tried and failed a few times.

You could copy mine, it folds up into a bag.







Good luck, keep us posted.

That's an awesome piece of kit.

I will have a blast at one of them.

shame to get mud on it

I've bin doing some googling about this, I'd want to make an anchor type one, I asked tdistu for the intentions but he never replied as I was gona buy one of his if I could store it easy,

Too be fair to Stu its his business, thats why i put 'might'

He isn't going to make any money if he just gives away information for free.

GINGE said:

Too be fair to Stu its his business, thats why i put 'might'

He isn't going to make any money if he just gives away information for free.

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I was wanting to buy one I jus wanted one more info first but never git an answer.

ive just got rid ov 1 with my land rover.its hard to explain how it was made.it was 2 bits of u shaped angle iron with a hole drilled thru at the end where a big d link went thru and held them together.then the was 4 triangles cut into the flat of the u section where some home made spikes went to anchoring it down.u layed them flat in a v shape then put the d link thru the hole joining them at the end then banged the spikes thru the holes

adam300tdi said:

ive just got rid ov 1 with my land rover.its hard to explain how it was made.it was 2 bits of u shaped angle iron with a hole drilled thru at the end where a big d link went thru and held them together.then the was 4 triangles cut into the flat of the u section where some home made spikes went to anchoring it down.u layed them flat in a v shape then put the d link thru the hole joining them at the end then banged the spikes thru the holes

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Summink like this....?

ok, i'll ask.....................

what are they for ?

warrior said:

I've bin doing some googling about this, I'd want to make an anchor type one, I asked tdistu for the intentions but he never replied as I was gona buy one of his if I could store it easy,

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Sorry missed your reply as iv not been on line for a few days. Will get you the exact sizes when im back in work on the 27th

AJC said:

I'm thinking of making my own land anchor. Something simple lightweight and easy to carry.

I'm going to use some 100x100x8 angle with a big hammer plate on top and eyelets to pull it back out

Anyone else made there own? If so, what design did they use? And more to the point, was it fit for purpose?

Thank you

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I'v done a lot of testing with different metal box/tube of differant sizes, even some angle iron to find the best and strongest way to make them,#
In my testing I found that....
Tube is nicer to hold on to and throw over your Shoulder to get up muddy banks.
the most important part of a good ground anchor is that piece of flat bar thats sits across the bent tube. Its that doing the actual pulling and all force go through that.
When testing what angles to set the plough i found that shallow angles are better for loose or soft ground and steep angles for clay.

Those things really do scare me after seeing one shoot out and through a defender front screen and then tangling itself within the mesh dog guard in the vehicle!

300tdistu said:

Sorry missed your reply as iv not been on line for a few days. Will get you the exact sizes when im back in work on the 27th

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Cheers pal