We were recently at the arboretum in Raleigh. They had four leg
structure over some of the flowering climbing plants. They were
basically four legs, with a ladder like arrangement up each side. They
were from about 6' to 10' tall.
Question has any one ever made any thing like this?
If so how did you anchor it so it would not blow over?
Would it be suitable for as a support of the wind vane that my wife
bought me for Christmas.
On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 3:10:35 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
> We were recently at the arboretum in Raleigh. They had four leg
> structure over some of the flowering climbing plants. They were
> basically four legs, with a ladder like arrangement up each side. They
> were from about 6' to 10' tall.
>
> Question has any one ever made any thing like this?
>
> If so how did you anchor it so it would not blow over?
>
> Would it be suitable for as a support of the wind vane that my wife
> bought me for Christmas.
Is this what you are referring to?
https://jcra.ncsu.edu/photographs/digital-photographs/2006/07-july/CTG07541.JPG
If so, it seems to me that with those angles, just a little extra length
on each leg, buried in the ground would be support enough. (The wood should
to treated for ground contact.)
For even more security, add a length of rebar or angle iron perpendicular to
the bottom of each leg and bury that. The angle of the legs are going to add
a lot of natural resistance to wind blowing from the "opposite" side.
On 3/18/2016 3:10 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
> We were recently at the arboretum in Raleigh. They had four leg
> structure over some of the flowering climbing plants. They were
> basically four legs, with a ladder like arrangement up each side. They
> were from about 6' to 10' tall.
>
> Question has any one ever made any thing like this?
>
> If so how did you anchor it so it would not blow over?
>
> Would it be suitable for as a support of the wind vane that my wife
> bought me for Christmas.
Could't you use rebar and stake it deep in the ground and run it up the
weather vanes leg?
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Jeff
On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:10:28 -0400
Keith Nuttle <[email protected]> wrote:
> We were recently at the arboretum in Raleigh. They had four leg
> structure over some of the flowering climbing plants. They were
> basically four legs, with a ladder like arrangement up each side.
> They were from about 6' to 10' tall.
sounds like a climbing trellis you describe
you can stake it down with your favorite material that will survive
in ground