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22/6/2008 at 10:53pm
 Location: Barnstaple North Devon
 Outfit: Kampa 6P
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What do you use to secure your flagpole?

I was away last week and saw a van with copper coloured metal anchors secured straight into the ground.

Dont really want to tie it against the van pull handle, anyone have any ideas

 

Thanks Mike



23/6/2008 at 11:04am
 Location: Norwich
 Outfit: 57 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi .
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A lot of people i have seen onsite fasten to the jockey wheel


23/6/2008 at 11:13am
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A length of metal pipe should do it, such as half of one of those telescopic washing line props, knock it well in and lash the pole to it with a couple of zip ties

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23/6/2008 at 11:17am
 Location: GT DUNMOW
 Outfit: 1991 VW T25 Autohomes Kamper
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Or a 6ft length of rebar hammered into groumd and tiewrapped

Kev



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23/6/2008 at 11:31am
 Location: Tewkesbury Glos
 Outfit: LDV MAXUS camper
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www.kiteworks.co.uk

They may not be on the site, but give Chalkie a call, he had some screw in to the ground poles at a good price.



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23/6/2008 at 11:33am
 Location: swansea
 Outfit: Avondale corfu sunvalley 8
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I have just ordered a flagpole and groundstake, do I need to tie it to something else too? Would a wooden windbreak pole be okay for this?

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23/6/2008 at 12:04pm
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If you are using a fishing rod as a pole you can hammer a lenght of rod and slot the pole over the top as they tend to be hollow

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23/6/2008 at 12:11pm
 Location: swansea
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i have ordered a 5m pole and groundstake

do I need to tie this to something  else? We are in a tent, not caravan so can't think what else I could tie it to.



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23/6/2008 at 7:36pm
 Location: swansea
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 Anyone ?

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23/6/2008 at 7:46pm
 Location: Dorset
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We went through a number of versions of reebar but found that the flagpoles tended to be too rigid and snapped.

We now use a fishing rod stand from Decathlon, it spikes in the ground and we cable tie that to the trailer A bar, the flag pole then moves slightly and so far we haven't broken a pole since.

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23/6/2008 at 8:15pm
 Location: Nottinghamshire
 Outfit: Bailey Ranger 550 6 & Disco
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Hi We have a 10m flag pole and we use 3 ground-steaks and then 3 guy ropes secured by 3 delta pegs. Works for us


23/6/2008 at 8:17pm
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Hi We have a 10m flag pole and we use 3 ground-steaks and then 3 guy ropes secured by 3 delta pegs. Works for us


23/6/2008 at 10:18pm
 Location: Hayle Cornwall
 Outfit: Honda CRV Bailey Bordeaux + tents
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I have a 8m fibre rod that I use as a flag pole. I have a large marquee peg that fits snug to sit the pole on and then I have a cable tie set to the diameter of the second section about 3 feet off the ground with three guy lines held down with Deltas. Works a treat and have inadvertantly left it up in wind conditions when only the top section broke but the pole stood fast.

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