M Matstj #1 Member · Stockholm · 1 170 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 9:27 PM Matstj Member Stockholm 1,170 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 9:27 PM #1 Hello How do you install a ground anchor like the one in the picture with simple means in the ground without digging all day?
Hello How do you install a ground anchor like the one in the picture with simple means in the ground without digging all day?
T Thomas_Blekinge #2 Member · Blekinge · 12 326 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 9:30 PM Thomas_Blekinge Member Blekinge 12,326 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 9:30 PM #2 Can't you just knock it down with a board as a spacer?
H Hurtigh #3 Member · Uppsala · 10 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 9:34 PM Hurtigh Member Uppsala 10 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 9:34 PM #3 You hit it with a sledgehammer. Insert a block that fits so you don't break the ground anchor. You shouldn't need to dig anything. /Daniel
You hit it with a sledgehammer. Insert a block that fits so you don't break the ground anchor. You shouldn't need to dig anything. /Daniel
M Matstj #4 Member · Stockholm · 1 170 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 9:46 PM Matstj Member Stockholm 1,170 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 9:46 PM #4 I have tried that. Two wooden blocks broke plus the handle of the hammer. And then I had only gotten it down 15 cm! No stones in the way, just hard soil.
I have tried that. Two wooden blocks broke plus the handle of the hammer. And then I had only gotten it down 15 cm! No stones in the way, just hard soil.
H Hurtigh #5 Member · Uppsala · 10 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 10:18 PM Hurtigh Member Uppsala 10 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 10:18 PM #5 I saw at Bauhaus that there are customized plastic blocks to use when using a sledgehammer. They might hold up better than wooden blocks.
I saw at Bauhaus that there are customized plastic blocks to use when using a sledgehammer. They might hold up better than wooden blocks.
T Thomas_Blekinge #6 Member · Blekinge · 12 326 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 10:38 PM Thomas_Blekinge Member Blekinge 12,326 posts 11 Aug 2015 at 10:38 PM #6 If there is no stone, this must be driven down with hammer blows.
M Matstj #7 Member · Stockholm · 1 170 posts 12 Aug 2015 at 11:20 AM Matstj Member Stockholm 1,170 posts 12 Aug 2015 at 11:20 AM #7 Thanks for the help, I will try with plastklossar.
