Got two stashed someplace + chain and all the rigging. Might just play with the larger of the two.For those who absolutely have to have a sand/land anchor go down to your boating store and buy a Danforth anchor. Google it.
Got two stashed someplace + chain and all the rigging. Might just play with the larger of the two.For those who absolutely have to have a sand/land anchor go down to your boating store and buy a Danforth anchor. Google it.
Those who tent camp in the sand might have some ideas. @Sundowner ?
For those who absolutely have to have a sand/land anchor go down to your boating store and buy a Danforth anchor. Google it.
I wonder if perhaps the difference is that boats are not sitting on the sand and the angle of the anchor line has something to do with it?Danforth and CQR plow anchors are designed to bury themselves in sand when pulled against. The harder they're pulled on the deeper they go. Boaters don't dive overboard and dig holes in the sand for their anchors.
Personally I'm not pushing their use, it was just in retort to the suggestion of burying a tire.
I don't believe either would be necessary unless you were alone and no other vehicle was around to provide assistance.
I wonder if perhaps the difference is that boats are not sitting on the sand and the angle of the anchor line has something to do with it?
Danforth and CQR plow anchors are designed to bury themselves in sand when pulled against. The harder they're pulled on the deeper they go. Boaters don't dive overboard and dig holes in the sand for their anchors.
Personally I'm not pushing their use, it was just in retort to the suggestion of burying a tire.
I don't believe either would be necessary unless you were alone and no other vehicle was around to provide assistance.
I was in Sand Lake, OR 2 weeks ago and I tested them out for the first time. They definitely helped, and they did what they were supposed to do. I did not chew them up like some of the other reviewers were doing, but I mainly wanted to try these out before I bought a quality set of Maxtrax Mini's. https://maxtraxus.com/products/maxtrax-mini/Have you used them yet? How have they held up over time with real world use? Amazon reviews don't seem too great. Been looking for a smaller version of the maxtrax that'll fit inside the TJ and been contemplating the foldable ones.
Danforth and CQR plow anchors are designed to bury themselves in sand when pulled against. The harder they're pulled on the deeper they go. Boaters don't dive overboard and dig holes in the sand for their anchors.
Personally I'm not pushing their use, it was just in retort to the suggestion of burying a tire.
I don't believe either would be necessary unless you were alone and no other vehicle was around to provide assistance.
it was just in retort to the suggestion of burying a tire.
I'm not sure why you have to retort to something that I already mentioned was for "in a pinch". I don't think anybody was suggesting it for daily use...
Oh man, now you guys have got me curious about this.
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As you can see, this would be unhandy as all get out to pack around "just in case". Rigging it up to a winch and pulling on it in the sand would violate all sorts of safety rules for winch use on a Jeep as well.
Hmmm, sounds like a stupid human trick in the making. I like it. Not going to try it, but I like it.
Easier, safer and more satisfying to just learn to drive in the sand with all it's variations.
Ground tackle loads typically aren't that extreme in my experience. Notice I said typically. Heavy boat, heavy seas, high winds change that. Once an anchor is set, they stay put unless something changes. Failures happen in the connections in the anchor rode. But, anchoring a sail boat has nothing in common with winching a Jeep, except, perhaps, superficially. With all of that being said...Buried sand anchors are never truly safe, but I don't know that I've heard of one suddenly and violently escaping the ground; that's just not how sand works. Also, it's worth noting that 95% of the time, you can extract yourself with a shovel simply by digging out the rig.
Ground tackle loads typically aren't that extreme in my experience. Notice I said typically. Heavy boat, heavy seas, high winds change that. Once an anchor is set, they stay put unless something changes. Failures happen in the connections in the anchor rode. But, anchoring a sail boat has nothing in common with winching a Jeep, except, perhaps, superficially. With all of that being said...
I loan out a shovel and a Jack Mate to the unfortunates buried to the axles in the sand. Lift the tire out of the hole, fill in the hole, drive off. Easy-peasy. Haven't used it but once, in the snow, for self recovery.
At the risk of hijacking my own thread...The only drags I've had are from radical tidal/current changes and heavy weather...and I agree that the resemblance from one pursuit to the other is superficial.
Y'all talk about anchors and now I get ass for anchors.