From: Recovry4x4@aol.com
Date: Wed Dec 01 2004 - 14:26:57 PST
This is commonly referred to as a "Picket Holdfast" and even explained in the
FM20-22 titled "Recovery and Field Expedients" Although few folks know about
this and fewer have used it, it does work. You can make them as many picketts
deep as you need them but make sure your forward picketts are the strongest
ones. You can also use parallel rows of picketts too!
In a message dated 12/1/04 3:38:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk writes:
> In your compendium or tricks should be 3 stout poles, best of steel &
> pointed about 4 feet long & 2 or 2½ " Dia ,ideally with ring or length of
> chain attached to the top . To use , drive the first about half way into
the
> ground at an angle {75 *} ,do the same with the second about three feet
> apart taking a rope or chain from the top of No 1 to the ground on No2 ,
> repeat for No 3 but drive most of the way in . You`ve now linked top of 1
to
> middle of 2 , top of 2 to middle of 3 , now secure your winch cable to the
> bottom of No1 , provided the ground is not the consistence of whipped cream
> you should have a good anchor !
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