I've had the same poor results with augur anchors. The only work when you can truly slice down in to the playa. The only machine I've seen able to do that is a big tractor when it set some 4' massive anchors for a piece of playa art. It takes a lot of weight and force I guess.
you could grow tomatoes or peas on your augur anchors On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Steve Upstill <[email protected]> wrote: > No, no no no no no no no. I tried "augur anchors" the first year I had to > tie something down. Useless. The playa is both too friable for them to get a > purchase at the surface, and too hard to augur them into the ground. The > second year I thought I couldn't have ben doing it right and tried again, > with the same result. They're still sitting--some dozen of them--in my > backyard. Any ideas? > > Cheers, > Steve > > On Sep 20, 2010, at 9:18 PM, Ray Kornele wrote: > > You can get an 18" spiral tree anchor at a nursery store. Just screw it > into the ground. > > KrazyKorny (Krazy, not stupid) > > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Beacon Sway <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Standard 6 inch tent stakes are more than adequate for the tarp. Hogan >> Stakes make fine 18" x 0.5" tapered steel stakes that are cheap >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > -- > "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and > more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day > the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the > White House will be adorned by a downright moron." > -- H.L. Mencken, 1920 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- Mark Newell [email protected] 206-261-1784 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
