My original stand that I made is like that!! I used 2x4s instead of the pipe. This design is a lot more compact than mine, but it's for car (well, truck) camping anyway.
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My original stand that I made is like that!! I used 2x4s instead of the pipe. This design is a lot more compact than mine, but it's for car (well, truck) camping anyway.
Funny you said that. That was just what I did a few weeks ago, while "testing" mine. By doing it this way, you don't need the bottom amsteel to keep the poles from slipping.
(2) This may add to your overall length, but after you weld your base plate to the bottom, you could weld a 3"? or so "spike" on the bottom. This would prevent the bottom from sliding and eliminate...
If using a plate like this one, you could also carry 4 extra stakes, 2 on each plate, to keep it from slipping. Then you would not need the rope at the bottom. Just a thought.
This idea is very close to the one I made. I don't know what it weighs. I used 8' boards and angled them so that they take more of the load off the anchors. I like the idea of your anchors, and my...