Ground Anchor into Brick.. opinions

Originally Posted by chazzyb

It's got to be the wall. Brick drives are usually simply laid loose on sharp sand.

That's that I was going to say.

Oh, and that I agree with Cloggsy on the Almax Chain; it's Ride mags best buy and won the test by some margin.

I think you should go to much more effort to do some concrete. I spent 2 years digging out ground in the garden before preparing a concrete bay in the garden which I designed and built with my builder mate and carefully and securely put the ground anchor. Only then did I get my current bike.

I know of one local biker who had a large wall anchor and some thieving scum took his bike in the middle of the night complete with anchor and a couple of the bricks attached. Thieves come in the middle of the night, they can do it silently and they seem to be able to carry very heavy bikes over small walls etc.. never to be seen again.

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt

That's that I was going to say.

Oh, and that I agree with Cloggsy on the Almax Chain; it's Ride mags best buy and won the test by some margin.

if you dig past the 2" layer of sand then you will hit hardcore and then earth, dig it deep enough for one bag of postmix it will be secure, using a brick wall is not a good idea.

I went with the ground hog 3....real heavy and so even if they got the anchor out the brick by removing the brick they still have a heavy chain and anchor to deal with...as well as an oxford 385 on the back wheel

Originally Posted by TC3

I went with the ground hog 3....real heavy and so even if they got the anchor out the brick by removing the brick they still have a heavy chain and anchor to deal with...as well as an oxford 385 on the back wheel

So you've this sunk into brick? Where abouts are you in herts, i'd love to have a look if possible.

My poor bikes sitting on my drive at the moment all covered with just a chain around the back wheel. Poor girl.

No it is not in brick but in concrete floor....was just saying if it was in brick and they got it out the ground hog 3 weighs enough to be a bit of a nusiance

Oh and the ground hog 3 comes with epoxy mortar...all for 50 quid....insurance approved too