This is a “bit” I made out of a 1 1/2″ square pipe welded to a 2″ pipe, to be able to screw in 30″ and 48″ earth anchors/augers. The one man hydraulic auger turns a difficult job into a fun job.
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Easiest Way To Anchor A Mobile Home
This is a “bit” I made out of a 1 1/2″ square pipe welded to a 2″ pipe, to be able to screw in 30″ and 48″ earth anchors/augers. The one man hydraulic auger turns a difficult job into a fun job.
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Great idea; but, what did you use to dig the hole? Did you use the machine to dig the hole?
A easy way is to get pipe threader even if it's a cheap one from your harbor Freight store well the same plate on it
Prison pants ,why is he wearing prison pants? Is that a prison he is working at? !!!!!
go back to school hack. that anchor is only grabbing about 10" or dirt max. what is going to hold it down? 60lbs of concrete? the tool is cool and im probably going to try it but you are doing dangerous work by not following HUD protocol
My Fortress..good ingenuity….however…idealy you want a 45 degree angle on the anchor..Facing the I-beam. In your case, straight down will work …But you Must install a 1/4 inch angle bar that will keep the anchor from bending at the top when you cinch the whole thing down. When you cinch it down…it will bend the anchor and spall and crack the concrete. The L-bracket at the very top IN the concrete as well will keep the anchor from bendiing . I used a standard heavy torque drill and set my anchors at 45 degrees and then concreted them in. suckers didnt budge when I cinched the straps down
We do these all the time. Like mentioned below by someone, the straps cannot exceed a 45 degree angle or you have to run a second strap over to the opposite I beam. We just drive our augers right into the ground with a auger driver and then just drive the plate right in front of the rod with a 5lb mallet. They say the ground you drive the plate in should be undisturbed. But thats a good idea. I know the machine we have is rated at a 2 man machine but we normally only have one guy use it. Have to be pretty strong in case it starts grabbing onto something in the ground.
I know this is an old video, but I'm new to looking into 'anchoring systems', and see that you used some sort of ratcheting or band held anchor. What is the proper name of that anchor type? google hasn't been kind enough to show me that model as a search result, and from the anchors that I have seen so for, I think they are the most sensible. Unfortunately… every video I have seen just calls them 'anchors'.
Thanks to anyone that can answer.
Awesome solution. Thanks!
Works great, I've always wondered how this would work. Most times I'm installing homes and drilling these anchors in alone. I bought myself a machine that's specially made for this and it works great. Just a bit of a challenge to handle alone with the hard Colorado dirt. I always use stabilizer plates though instead of concrete. Much quicker in my opinion.
Problem I see is that the anchor is to be on a 45 degree anchor toward the inside so that no pressure is put on the anchor pole. No concrete is needed as long as you have that anchor on the angle and the only reason to dig whole is to clear the anchor from bottom of home and I beam so that you can set in place properly. With this one being straight up, it can still break at the top of the concrete, because it is straight instead of being on the angle of the pull.
How did you dig the hole?
Still needed that bulky machine.. You already had dug a hole might as well drop anchor three turns.. Ur done… Try using a ridgid 700 works better..
Great solution!