Weird camper van question

[Sunny6672]

tow bar mounted rack and a decent chain to the towing eye. this comes from experience, it's hard enough to sleep in a small van, never mind one with a bike in it too. became even harder with wife and little one in tow. when off site without the bikes, they went in the tent with 2 ground anchors and a chain through them both, you couldn't pull them up or unscrew them no matter how hard you tried, you'd have to dig them out with a spade.

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Any chance you still have a link to the ground anchor, really like this solution for camping ,

 

[novocaine]

No Sorry, I made them myself.

they were this sort of thing though, if that's any use (note, 1.2 tons to pull them out, that's pretty good going ) mine were 5" diameter (or about that, they were welded from 5 inch discs) and 14" long (4 turns). I don't have them anymore, I let them go with the van I think. I also put a 5" flat disc beneath the eye to make it hard to try and dig straight down.

https://bbponline.com/landscaping-and-nursery/earth-anchors-and-tree-kits/

 

[Sunny6672]

No Sorry, I made them myself.

they were this sort of thing though, if that's any use (note, 1.2 tons to pull them out, that's pretty good going ) mine were 5" diameter (or about that, they were welded from 5 inch discs) and 14" long (4 turns). I don't have them anymore, I let them go with the van I think. I also put a 5" flat disc beneath the eye to make it hard to try and dig straight down.

https://bbponline.com/landscaping-and-nursery/earth-anchors-and-tree-kits/

Yeah I can see how that would work, and positioning the bikes over the anchor would make it very difficult to get at the device to unscrew it. Solid locks too love it.

 

[novocaine]

Yeah I can see how that would work, and positioning the bikes over the anchor would make it very difficult to get at the device to unscrew it. Solid locks too love it.

I used 2 as once the cable/chain (I used a chain) was through both, it was physically impossible to turn either of them. with 1, you could lift the bikes and turn it a bit, then lift the bikes and turn it a bit etc.

 

[Sunny6672]

I used 2 as once the cable/chain (I used a chain) was through both, it was physically impossible to turn either of them. with 1, you could lift the bikes and turn it a bit, then lift the bikes and turn it a bit etc.

That makes more sense, thank you.

 

[flash]

Thanks for the replies. It’s a Fiat Doblo so there’s definitely no room inside if I’m on the bed, dismantling is a pain, the tow bar option sounds possible. I was thinking of putting a cable through a door handle. Cheers…

 

[flash]

Buy a folder.

Got a few but this is for my 29er…