What is the best way to anchor down a rack of HDP tube?

[BigMO]

We have constucted several rack for the up comming shooting season. They are made out of wood. Althoughn they are heavy, I want to make sure there will be no tip over. Any Ideas?

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Extending the bottom rails both ways should be fine. How many mortars?

[BigMO]

We have several 10 , 20, and 30s. What about rebar attached to the stand driven into the ground? Maybe overkill! Good idea about the extensions!

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We have several 10 , 20, and 30s. What about rebar attached to the stand driven into the ground? Maybe overkill! Good idea about the extensions!

Nothing is overkill and my suggestion was going to be re-bar also LOL but if you want to go overboard try the auger stake .

http://www.keepergoals.com/products/stakes_and_anchors/stakes.html

[StormY]

Re-bars good, I guess. I'd say just stick some 2x4's on the ends of each side.

http://www.fireworks-thailand.com/Images/Mortar/3-inchMortarRack_01.JPG
http://www.pyroinnovations.com/pyrotraining/strait_racks_r.jpg

But I mean, for your average consumer shell, theres really no need to do that if you make good designs. Unless of course its un-even terrain.

[Davis050594]

Just any kind of stabalizing wood that a nail can be hammered through will work, as seen above. Doesnt have to look good. There are plenty of people who use rebar, works fine. One more option is to Strap all of the racks into clumps of 2+ racks to make more of a square shape

[fogle22]

A 20 or 30 shot rack should be fine, if on even ground. I would suggest using the 2x4s at the base on each side of the 10 shot rack or screw 2 large I-screws into the frame and run rebar through the I-screws into the ground.

[St1dinoh]

a few options...

using eye hooks on the end of each line rack you can then use conduit or rebar to secure the rack

or

attach the racks together into a block by using kickboards screwed into the ends. doing this allows you to fan the racks into any configuration you want and because you create a large block of racks you've increased the footprint therefore making them stable.

the last option is your best bet, you can even add sacrificial blocks to the ends of the racks to drive the screws into thus extending the life of your racks. when the sacrificial boards get chewed up, replace them.

[BigMO]

Thanks for the information! Definetely will try some of these!

[PyroMike79]

Its been said before but I would just get some planks and side-board the racks. Its cheap and it works. You can never be to careful about stabilizing racks.

[Ziggirat]

cilendar blocks