Pickets and Stake Anchors
Below is a series of links to all the publically available research on pickets/stake anchors we have found to date (we exclude papers with analyses and other citations because there are so many!). We have made an attempt to find as much as we could, but it is a work in progress. If you know of any additional testing we are missing, please bring it to our attention (contact us)!
Published Papers:
Unpublished Research:
Videos of Picket Anchor Tests:
Videos of Setting up Picket Anchors:
Published Papers:
- Dunn, Michael, Blackburn, Scott, Unknown Date, Failure Mode of Mud Anchors or "Gumbo, It's Not Just For Food Anymore", Proceedings of the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2006 (Pickets)
- Frank, J.A., 1998. CMC Rope Rescue Manual, Third Edition, CMC Rescue Inc., Santa Barbara, California (Appendix E, p. 196) (picket anchors)
- Pease, David, 2015, Quick and Easy Anchor System, Carolina Fire Rescue EMS Journal 29(3):14
- Pinson, Glenn, Everhart, John, 2007, The Benefits and Limitations of Using Stake Anchors, Proceedings of the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2007
Unpublished Research:
- FEMA, 2010, Raker Tests, Picket Tests, FEMA US&R Structure Specialist Training (see pages 20-31)
- Gallagher, Chris, 2011, Appropriate rope rescue anchor selection for Macquarie Island 2011
- Littlejohn, Robert, 1979, Plate and Picket Anchor Tests, Forest Service (Report on testing plate and picket anchors for logging. Not directly applicable to sport or rescue, but useful for understanding how pickets work)
- Pete Knight, 2015, Pull Testing Ground Anchor Pins
- Unknown Author, Unknown Date, Stakes
Videos of Picket Anchor Tests:
- Advanced Rescue Solutions, 2011, Picket Test
- Battalion192a, 2014, Picket Anchors
- DRR Rescue, 2014, Picket Anchor Plate Pull Test
- DRR Rescue, 2014, Picket Anchor Pull Test
- Irakli West, 2014, Test Erdanker//Ground Anchor Test
Videos of Setting up Picket Anchors:
- DRR Rescue, 2014, Picket Anchor System (Youtube Video of setting up a 1-1-1 picket system)
- NCOSFM, 2011, 1-1-1 picket system.mov (Youtube Video of setting up a 1-1-1 picket system)