- 1. I need to make a deadman (score: 1)
- Author: Skip Albright <salbrigh@nycap.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:47:11 -0500
- My driveway passes my garage, and I often put non running cars there. I need a deadman to hook a come-a-long or a winch to. How would I go about building one? A phone pole would be nice, I could hang
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- 2. Re: I need to make a deadman (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:29:02 -0500
- This is a slightly different application, but at my old cottage, I kept my boat on the waters edge on the trailer, and needed a solid point to anchor the winch to to roll the trailer in and out of th
- /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00043.html (7,817 bytes)
- 3. Re: I need to make a deadman (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:30:20 -0600
- How about a ground anchor ? It's what we use to tie down planes, and what utilities use for anchors for the cables that stabilize power poles. Homey, etc. sell them - a long steel rod with an eye on
- /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00044.html (7,369 bytes)
- 4. Re: I need to make a deadman (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:36:32 -0600
- Forgot to mention... They come in different sizes - one made of 1/2" rod and about 3 feet long should be fine for what you're doing. And you may want to angle it into the ground, as it will tend to b
- /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00045.html (7,616 bytes)
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