Holding down your winch...

flixmaster · Site Admin Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 824 City: Austin

this topic sounds all kinds of wrong.. Smile

I have been out with Justin a few times and locking down the winch in some of these spots has been a problem. Even with 12 inch stakes we cannot get the winch really locked down. Have you guys built your own stakes? I am thinking about having our shop guy make us some really long stakes with a T bar on the end and also near the bottom so we can drive them in by using a persons weight. Suggestions?

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

We always used to use the stakes you used for your form board when laying concrete. They always worked well for me and everyone else riding. I'm pretty sure you can pick them up at any home depot just hammer them in at an angle so they hold the winch down.

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

I picked up a pair of these

http://www.tractorsupply.com/home-improvement/hardware/chain-rope-accessories/other-chain-rope-accessories/harvest-15-in-l-earth-anchor-with-3-in-dia-auger-3609992

They're really heavy duty. You just have to make sure you push down pretty hard when you screw them in or else they just tear up the dirt instead of getting a good grip.

I've only used em once so far (generally I've got my winch mounted on my truck or tied to a solid object (tree/dock)) but they hold really solid.

*edit, the only tool you need to screw them in is a metal bar of some sort to put through the eyelet and get a good grip.

BryceBell · Posted: Jan 25, 2010 10:30 pm Post subject:

we are also using 1/4" cables and just attaching them to something.. works pretty good

flixmaster · Site Admin Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 824 City: Austin

earth anchor.... that is exactly what I am looking for..

We do have a strap but sometimes we just do not have anywhere to strap.

jeff · Posted: Jan 25, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject:

This is kinda different but anyway may help someone.. when we walk around the pond with the rope we need to hold tight when getting the slack out of the rope,, and my little cousin (like 75lbs) was having a hard im holding on.. so we drove a stake (masonry stake) in the ground so he could drop the handle over it and once the slack was out he can grab it and take off. maybe someone has a grom with the same problem..

BryceBell · Posted: Jan 26, 2010 12:42 am Post subject:

flixmaster, yeah i know what you mean.. we have our cable and then were getting some stakes too.. so hopefully that should do the job

key · Posted: Jan 26, 2010 6:10 am Post subject:

check my profile pic!! really long SS rods gives alot of play for many different situations. i just bang them in with the back of a hatchet. works well........doesnt neccesarily have to be SS......

JamesBoardr · Posted: Jan 26, 2010 8:21 am Post subject:

flixmaster, those work great. you can get them anywhere like ace, homedepot, and lowes. they come in different sizes. i use them to anchor down floating rails and bouys. never had one pull out, only had the rope connected break. when that happens, finding the loop head is pretty tough and just a matter of walking around where you thought it was until you stub your toe. onshore would work great to. just get two or a steel pipe to put through the head so that you have leverage to screw it in.