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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Winter Camping and Activities Tent Spikes for ice? |
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01/15/2013 07:39PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
I just bought a new tent and set it up in the back yard today, it came with some heavy duty tent spikes, but they are your basic style for pounding in the ground. What do you guys use that will work well on the ice?
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01/15/2013 10:29PM
dead man logs or bags to hold snow will work. or else ice screws. i have some from shapell which are similar to the eskimos but with a orange/red coated handle. they work great but i have bent a couple so be careful in that respect.
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01/15/2013 11:14PM
HT enterprises ice anchors they are cheap and fairly light weight. I use an inch or two of rubber tubing on the shaft so I do not have to drill them in so far. I also use this Hand drill to drill a pilot hole in the ice. Ice screws can be a real pain to start. A hand drill saves lots of time and energy. it weighs 1/4 pound.
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01/20/2013 07:18PM
quote Campcraft: "I used to chop around it and then hit it with the back of the axe to break the ice chunk loose. Add some rope loops to your stake loops so you don't risk damage to the tent. "
These are some of my tests on the swimming pool today. If I can get the nail out using your method, ill use a combination of the nails, the dead man logs buried in the snow and the Shapell Ice anchors.
01/29/2013 09:04PM
Based on the advice in this thread, I bought 10 pole barn nails (for a grand total of $0.75) for pitching the tent on the ice for a little ice fishing trip I took last weekend. Worked great. Took a couple quick pounds with the back of the hatchet to pound them into the ice, then a few chops with the sharp end to remove. Thanks for the tip!
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