Well, don't that beat all. I thought I'd seen everything, And I've been to a country fair, a rodeo, and a picnic. Thank you for sharing something it would have taken me three lifetimes to figure out - should that solution be needed.
Well, don't that beat all. I thought I'd seen everything, And I've been to a country fair, a rodeo, and a picnic. Thank you for sharing something it would have taken me three lifetimes to figure out - should that solution be needed.
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Thanks all for the help on this a while back. I ended up getting a Tensa solo pole with boom stakes, which is working great!
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Late to the party. The second method (2 stakes in a front/rear configuration) has never worked for me. The first stake usually pulls up and the second (farthest) stake takes all the load. Your first method is 'almost' a self-equalizing anchor system. The 2 outermost anchors are self-equalizing, but the middle stake isn't. For a 'true' self-equalizing systems https://www.southeastclimbing.com/mo...g-anchors.html
Using the self-equalizing method is pretty simple ONCE you have figured it out. For 2 anchors a simple dogbone is required. For 3 anchors a large loop is required. Both are better with a carabiner, since it slides better than a rope loop.
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Here's the version I ended up w/. I'm using dyneema and a dyneema soft shackle on the middle stake. The dogbone runs in an "M" type of configuration.
Just checked out the link and it looks like the same concept only I'm using the loops on the dogbone so I don't need to bring the ends back together.
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Last edited by LowTech; 07-15-2023 at 10:18.
hmm. (this thread is really interesting btw, i didn't know about the boom stake, oughtta be a stickie). anyway.
i can imagine this happening, with that method, if you lay it out like in the picture, but use the near stake only as a redirect (so guyline running freely to the far stake). i think the way to make this work is to have the guyline on the near stake, and then a separate line from near to far stake, ideally with a tensioning system on it, so you can put significant load between the stakes, regardless of guyline load. if i were to use this system, i would probably go one step further and drive the two stakes in a v, and loop the guyline between them so that it pulls them together harder than it is pulling them out, that should be quite bomber, as typically stakes are much stronger than their holding power and typical guyline tension. now i have to try it
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