Garden Hang

[TrailSlug]

Looks good and whatever it takes to "get er done".

[hangerdave]

think positive get it done, my way of thinking,

[hangerdave]

pretty Good hang last night, posts stayed upright always a bonus, clear skies and down to 0c. plenty of satellites but bit disspointed could not see any meteorite showers between 2.30am and 3.30

[hangerdave]

Another nice day for hanging

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[terrain]

Hey Daveh,

Back when I was working on film sets, we used to use 'bull pricks' to anchor certain large silks and whatnot that were being used in the wind. We also used them whenever anchoring anything, really, in windy conditions or if we ever needed to prevent a thing from bending under lateral loads.

You could also tie out from your scaffolding (we called it speed rail), to two large stakes in the ground with some hefty line.

'Bull pricks' are solid steel stakes that are about 30" long and are hammered into the ground. That might help with stabilizing that sucker. I'd personally do this for any post/ pole that's going to be a rigging point for a hammock.

Looks like you have limited space on the backside of that scaffold though...

That method worked for us flying 20'x20' rags in various wind conditions.

[piscator]

Hi Daveh,
I have an almost identical setup. But sunk my scaffold pole straight into a hole with cement mix.
It's been good for about 5 years now.
Although I set my sacaffold pole straight It does bend or lean to it. But I like the way it gives a bit.
Just wondering what you used as a sleeve for the pole?

[hangerdave]

Hi

Thanks for tips on BULL PRICKS you guys would know what your doing the for sure,(yes limited space behind my poles) both poles are ratchet strapped now one through garage eye bolt ,that sucker does not move an inch, the other to a tree ,but that is on a slight angle to the side and behind so that moves a smidgen,the posts set into the ground for scaffold are 50mm plastic I use in my bathroom business , not very thick-walled but scaffold pipe is nice and snug in there and does not deform the plastic

Dave