has antone made a pull pal or something comperable i was thinkinking if a self-digging boat anchor would work? or a farm plow spade welded with some 1/2 3/4 flat stock

 

pull pal?

Whats that for?

 

attaching a winch cable/rope to when no trees are close enough.

 

I think a quality fluke style boat anchor would work as long as it was big enough and you burried it well. Only downside is they are fairly heavy and take up some space but if you have no other option I think it would be fine.

 

i have one and they ae a little heavy but works great

 

Anything wrong with using a spare? (I honestly don't know, and am curious).

 

telephone pole stake, the thing the wire cable attaches to at the ground

 

Well, digging the hole to bury the spare can take a LONG time. The Pull-Pal digs its own hole. It is not something I would routinely carry with me for the terrain here, but in sand dunes and sandy desert conditions, the Pull-Pal would be standard equipment for me.

 

is the pull pal made only for sand or can it be used in muddy areas also ( would it dig to deep? )

 

I have a marine anchor that I use - it's called a "sting ray"

It's made of flat plate about 5/16th thick in three pieces
sorry no pics - but if you imagine a large filled in W with two curved pieces that slot into it ti create a pull point and to give the base plate a 30deg angle so that when you pull on it it submarines into the ground

when it's apart it packs flat

Ado