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STEPHEN PEEK
 
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Default Grape Trellis: Need Earth Anchors in Central MD

Find a mobile home moving service, they should have anchors & the equipment
to install them.
Steve
"Steve Landis" <sdotlandis@comcastdotnet> wrote in message
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> Bruce_Nolte_N3LSY& wrote:
>> I am building 4 trellises for my vines using a high-tensile steel wire
>> fencing system using angled deadman poles and earth anchors to maintain
>> tension. I have completed 2 trellises, and have partially completed the
>> other 2, but am short 4 earth anchors I will need to finish the job. The
>> local TSC, the only known source for earth anchors in the area has been
>> out of the 40 inch shaft, 4 inch auger anchors I was using for the first
>> two trellises for a couple of months. They did have some 48 inch anchors
>> with 6 inch augers, but they are overkill for 100 foot trellises, and
>> would be difficult to install in the rocky soil around here, but I might
>> consider them as a last resort. I have also tried Home Depot, Southern
>> States, etc, but no luck.
>>
>> There is a bit of urgency in getting these done before winter hits, my
>> vines have been in the ground a season trained on tomato stakes, and I
>> would like to not have to worry about the trellises come springtime. If
>> anyone knows of a source for these things in the Baltimore area or has a
>> few they can spare let me know.

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> You could try here... http://www.spectrellising.com/index.php
>
> Steve