Trapping earth anchor
Jul 12, 2022| Trapping earth anchors:
I use to use rebar for all my traps when I trapped big in years back. But then went to pogos. They held good and with cable were very light weight. But driving them in our very heavy gumbol clay ground was a big, big pain. So then I went to the percussion type stake earth anchors (pipe opened both ends), same thing. Many times the driver would not pull off of the stake because it was lodged tight by packed in clay. So I tried super stakes. I loved them but sometimes hard to drive in I think due to their diameter. So being the tinkerer I am I made my own out of 1/4" black steel (about 1/2" OD) standard pipe. Works great. I usually make them a little longer than regular super stakes. I do weld in a 3/8" solid rod on one end and then grind a point to better drive in tough soil. And weld on a 1/4" nut to hook my #2 chain on with a welded mighty S hooks! I make my own drivers by welding a grade 8 bolt to a 1/2" rod. The bolt never mushrooms much at all. Very hard. But these anchors are hard to pull. I use a handi jack or a stake puller I made. You will never get them out trying to pull thru frozen ground. A spring project for sure.