Big Mooring Spike

[RichardH]

Does anyone know where I can get a suitable mooring spike which will be more 'permanent' than the traditional rounded peg type - I'm thinking approx 2-3 ft long.

 

Cheers

[carlt]

Does anyone know where I can get a suitable mooring spike which will be more 'permanent' than the traditional rounded peg type - I'm thinking approx 2-3 ft long.

 

Cheers

I get my 3' pins from Anchor Military Surplus, at Ripley.

[Gary Peacock]

What you need is a OPH pin (Ordance Pattern Holdfast pin) used to secure Anchor Earth Holdfasts.

 

You get them at military junk sales.

[Tomska]

My 3' pins came from Carter's, the marquee hire company in Reading and were £6 each. Carl's were presumably (army) tent pegs originally too.

 

Army Surplus shops & marquee hire companies are likely to be your best bet if you want 3 footers.

[magnetman]

If its a long term 'solution' you want and you have suitable ground Machine Mart do screw-in type ground anchors about 4ft long not suitable for use while cruising..

[onthecut]

Does anyone know where I can get a suitable mooring spike which will be more 'permanent' than the traditional rounded peg type - I'm thinking approx 2-3 ft long.

 

Cheers

 

If you're by a car breakers with any old fashioned back axles about, half shafts make excellent heavy duty spikes.

 

Mike.

[Scotty]

If its a long term 'solution' you want and you have suitable ground Machine Mart do screw-in type ground anchors about 4ft long not suitable for use while cruising..

Screwfix do a similar ground anchor which is a lot cheaper

[Peter R]

I went off traditional pins having had several occurrences of them working loose, and switched over to the screw in 'ground anchor' type. The ones I have are somewhere in the region of 12-18" long, but once they're screwed in they aren't going anywhere!

 

I got mine from Midland Chandlers in Braunston (about £12 each I think). The guy who served me said he used two of them to moor his boat which was moored 'on-line' on the the Grand Union and they had'nt moved an inch in 6 months. You can also get them from B&Q

[RichardH]

Thanks everybody.

[DHutch]

We just got our black smith to weld some hoops onto some inch bar.

- When we want really good holding on soft ground, we use two of are long ones (around 3ft) with six inches left out, and then double stake off that to a standard 2ft stake. With springs.

 

 

Daniel

[denboy]

22 mm rebar from construction sites weld a loop on and once theyre in they wont come out

[Smelly]

I used te old hinge bars off a "lid type" skip cut down