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    Making a ground anchor where none exists

    No sand but deep loamy loose-ish soil, black gold. I will have a better idea if the job is a go ahead when I talk to the county zoning commission on Monday.
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    Making a ground anchor where none exists

    I have found some utility pole guy line screws that are rated to 14000lbs. Even a multiple duckbill anchors would get me the 20k. The 20k max not working load. But I will probably go with a dead man anchor in the end. Truf be damned. Oh diggers hot line all the way!
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    Making a ground anchor where none exists

    The mini excavator isn't a bad idea if the hill wasn't so steep we will probably be tied in while working it, and I would need 40' of lateral reach. I have my doubts the DNR will even allow the work to be done but I want to have a game plane in place if it gets approved.
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    Making a ground anchor where none exists

    Bumping this thread. I need to set up a ground anchor robust enough to rip out large honey suckle and red twig dog wood clumps on a steep hill along a lake. The anchor, I'm guessing, will need to hold several thousand pounds of force. I am leaning toward a deadman but I don't want to dig up the...
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    Making a ground anchor where none exists

    I use what ever it takes to tip a tree, a truck, mini, masdam, fiddle blocks, wedges, a heard of groundies or a combo of triple sheave blocks and a masdam. I wish I had a GRCS to add but maybe later in the season. Git ur dun!
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    Making a ground anchor where none exists

    It was more of a suggestion than a question. I ment use a porty instead of a fig8 to connect lines if the pull is going to be really hard.
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    Making a ground anchor where none exists

    That's a picket anchor out lined in The Working Climber series 2 and it works well for hard pulls.
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    Making a ground anchor where none exists

    How about a porty instead of a fig8.
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