Miniature carport

[Ironman]

Originally Posted by o7oBaseMetal

Yeah, I considered building or buying some of the screw in anchors. Looks like basically a single auger thread with about a 4" diameter without actually finding one and measuring it. I waa thinking about possibly just embedding a double layer of railroad ties around the perimeter and fastening them together plus possible t-post anchoring the railroad ties in 3-4 places on each side then lag screw or even through-bolts from railroad ties to the full sized carport but I don't know if I want to pay what people are currently asking for railroad ties in my area; last time I was buying them people were practically giving them away. So, the design will be fluid until it all gets figured out.

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One thing nobody does any more that works extremely well is to bury a deadman.
A 4 ft log or a RR tie buried in the ground 2-3ft deep with a chain or cable wrapped around the middle will take hell's own fury to pull that chain out.

[o7oBaseMetal]

Oh yeah, that does sound like a good way to do it. Something like that would have quite a bit of surface area under the dirt.

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