Installing Auger Tie Down Anchors The Quick And Easy Way 

Superb trick! Thank you very much for sharing it with us!

Great idea on forming a tool to drive the hurricane anchors into the ground! FYI, you should drive hurricane anchors into the ground at a 45 degree angle, to provide a stronger anchor. With each side at a 45 degree angle, the anchors won't pull out in heavy wind. With the anchors at 45 degrees, there will always be a side where the anchors are being forced INTO the ground by the wind. That's a super strong anchor. Hope this helps.

Good job white bread

Thanks: I had anchors that needed to be removed and I had installed them before with a three point hitch auger, but it doesn't reverse so this was the perfect solution to be able to reverse and back them out of the ground.

Wonderful Idea, thanks for sharing.

You are a hero! Thanks for posting!

Thank you for that video I was thinking about using my electric impac I'm going to give it a try for sure now great video

Finally a good installation video. Thanks.

A piece of square tubing would have been great 😉

3:00 Tip: Always call your local power/water/gas utilities to have lines marked. In my state it's a free service.

excellent idea, thanks

I was not expecting you to have the same idea as me when i started this video😂. Weld up a cheap socket and go for it

awesome idea. thanks

great idea !!!

If any of you are anchoring down a shed or larger building remember to dig down a foot or more depending on the length of your anchor a 10" wide hole around your anchor to pour concrete.

Brilliant!

Hi Mike. This is fantastic. The only issue of course is that I dont weld so I have no way of getting one of those cool metal devices that you connect to your Pneumatic wrench. Considering that earth augers are commonly sold why on earth dont people make that tool to sell to others? Mystery for sure.

That's a really cool idea Mike! .. Love your videos and ideas since years! .. Whenever I have to do similar stuff I start by slowly watering let's say 10 Liters of water direct to the location 1 day before .. I repeat that ~10 hours bofore starting the real work. The water sinks down and loosens the ground .. maybe not completely to the depth you need for your application .. but it sure helps.

Very useful. Thanks. How do you attach it to the carport? I am going to build a playhouse for my grandkids and I want to anchor it down.

NICE! Just what I was looking for! Now I gotta buy a welder - lol!! as good a reason as any!

man i really wish you had shown us how you tie them into the carport and buildings

Awesome video.. and fyi sir i noticed so i have to tell you .my buddy wore socks to tight like yourself ..he had a heart attack from the socks cutting off his circulation... take care

It is usefull

I’m doing mine today but Half of my carport is on paved driveway and the other half is hanging off the driveway onto a grass slope. Im going to dig a bury the first railroad tie and anchor that with these anchors lag bolted into the base tie. I’ll stack another tie on top of base tie and I’ll be level. Im going to lag bolt the top tie to the base tie and then anchor them together with heavy steel mending plates along the face of the ties. Then I will lag bolt the carport base to the ties. The concrete driveway side of the carport base will be anchored directly to the concrete using expandable anchors like they use when installing vehicle lifts on an auto shop. The wind will ripe the roof off of the carport before it ever yanks the anchors and ties out of the ground. I love your tool set up…..pretty cool. I’m wondering if I could fashion something like that up to my Bosch hammer drill using a through bolt through the pre drilled bolt holes in the anchor and welding something up to fit the hammer drill.

Sand you say? Try that in Virginia hard red clay where I have the pleasure. Enjoyed your video.

I live in the North Carolina mountains. My soil is super rocky. What do I use? Thank you sir.

Just curious how it handled the hurricane? Also how long where those anchors, 36”? Thanks

Awesome, any tips on making one for the ground anchors with the eyelet at top?

Love the bandage... from the first one? Lol

3:26 Thtat sure does look like sparking between the tie down and the shale there. Hit something?

Nice. How many of these anchors per side?

Yeah im going to build one of these. Im about to buy a shipping container for a shed/storm shelter and plan on putting these around it to make sure it dont move, even in rhe worst of storms

If I had a welder I could do this at home, but I don't have a welder so this does me no good haha

Great video, im doing this weekend.......Can I use a hammer drill its been raining ground is soft?????? I dont have a impact drill????

Wish he would have shown how to attach it to the carport. does the carport tubing fit into the opening of the anchor or does he drill a hole through the carport and bolt it?

Do you think this would be sufficient enough to secure an RV down???

What brand anchors are those I'm wanting to get a carport not planning on pouring concrete and we live around flat farm land get full force winds occasionally and wanting to do this

Where did you get the anchors?

How big of a compressor do you need?

Sooo Hoew attach to carport??

Dig pilot hole a foot and a half first

Do you really think anybody’s gonna weld and create that contraction you created?

yeah let me just go learn to weld and buy a welding machine yep no worries