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Wouldnt bother buying the y-anchor! Its the concete strength that matters I used drain pipe and steel rods to make mine.

Your never going to get a certificate for the job anyway so why not just get a mate to turn up and pretend to be a 'proper fitter' dig hole insert anchor and fill with concrete. I dont think it could be simpler.

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i dont know any one with these sort of tools

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all you need is a pick axe and some post mix from B&Q!

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What is the current surface made of?

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solid concreet its an underground garage

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I think your combo looks ok (specially to say it's in a garage). You could run the almax through the rear wheel and then branch another chain with a dlock or a cheap cable lock off to go through the frame. Can't think of anywhere on the frame the almax would go through :scratch:

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If its already a concrete surface then, Get to Jewsons/B&Q/Wickes and buy
Sledge Hammer,
Pick Axe,
Shovel,
BIIIGGGG rubber bucket,
1 Bag of Cement (25kg)
3 Bags of Sand (25kg)
2 Bags of Agrigate (25kg)
A length of square Drain Pipe
2 45degree Drain Pipe Bends
Gaffer tape
3 Long Screw Drivers
Saw.

All of the above combined will cost less than the £50 anchor you linked to and it'll do just as good of a job.

In VERY brief the Process is something like:

Break out the existing surface where you want the anchor. and dig a nice hole around 300mm deep and half a metre square.

Cut the Drain pipe into 1x100mm length and then 2 lengths of around 750mm connect each of the longer pieces to 1 end of the shorter pieces making a 'U' shape.

Gaffer tape those seals so that no water/mix weeps into the gaps.

Shovel 1 spade of sand into the hole and make the base level ish.

Find a stone/something heavy and Tape this to the underside of the piping. place the piping in the hole how you want it.

Poor some water into your BBIIIGGG bucket, then the rest of the sand and mix it all together, adding water so that the mix is able to be stirred. Then add the cement and again a little more water. Finally add the aggrigate into the mix constantly stirring.

Pour that into the hole until you reach the top of the horizontal part of the drainpipe.

Then first lay 1 screw driver across the top of that bit of pipe, then the other 2 crossing the each end of the first screw driver making it in to a 'H' shape.

Now pour the remaining concrete into the hole until it is level with the surface.

Cut another small section of drainpipe and use this to run over the surface to make it nice and flat/smooth.

Leave it a day.

Come back and using a Stanley knife slowly cut off the bits of drain pipe which are sticking out of the ground to leave a perfectly smooth finish.

Job Done.

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OR buy your self an oxford steel ground loop, this simply needs bolting to the concrete thats already there.

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I have a collection of ground anchors for sale, but to be honest I thing the tube in the floor thing's the best idea. Matt's post looks good too.

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Thanks Lol ...
but honestly i would rather just pay some one to do all that for me and i know im getin it done properly. im usless at DIY i cant even put a shelf up lol