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    Used a 3# coffee can, eyebolt and concrete...Lasted for years. Would try the new plastic containers as they don't rust. Can fill a bleach bottle with sand or just run the rope through half a concrete block... Won't slide but drags up lots of mud.

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    I make all of mine out of old SEMI tire weights. Not the small kind of tires but the BIG BOYZ...Some weigh as much as 16 oz for ONE!!! I attached a pic of the metal bowl I pour the molten lead into. Once harden, I turn it over and there's my anchor. I bet it weighs 50-60 pounds if you fill it up too much. I would figure they would cost me about $40 each retail. I paint them black and pour liquid rubber on the bottom (the kind of stuff when it hardens is like the plastic handles on a pair of plyers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sac-a-lait
    I make all of mine out of old SEMI tire weights. Not the small kind of tires but the BIG BOYZ...Some weigh as much as 16 oz for ONE!!! I attached a pic of the metal bowl I pour the molten lead into. Once harden, I turn it over and there's my anchor. I bet it weighs 50-60 pounds if you fill it up too much. I would figure they would cost me about $40 each retail. I paint them black and pour liquid rubber on the bottom (the kind of stuff when it hardens is like the plastic handles on a pair of plyers.

    That's more than my boat weighs!! I fish out of my kayak mostly. I'm not sure I want to know how you melt that much lead.
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    I used a 1 1/2" diam glavanized pipe, 22" long; drilled thru it 7-8" down and inserted a bolt with a chain loop. Then filled it with melted car wheel weights. It ended up at 42lbs. I havent used it yet.

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    Got a small 2 to 3 gallon bucket and filled with quickcrete. Then put a U bolt in it as it set up with nuts on each end. Made two that weigh 20 pounds a piece. CF
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    oh ok...I see. My boat weighs like 1,000 pounds so I need so weight down there to hold it steady. When I make an anchor, I take about a 3 gal bucket with about 50 of those SEMI tire weights and pour them into a cast iron pot, heat, remove scraps, pour into bowl and let cool, remove from bowl, paint and there you have it.

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    I filled a 5 gallon bucket with 40 pounds of concrete and a treaded rod in it to tie to. Cut the top of the bucket off where the top of the concrete is even with the bucket. Left it in the bucket to protect the boat and to keep quiet. I have 17ft Nitro and it is the only anchor I have found that will hold it still in the wind and current. It's a pain pulling it up but I got to take the good with the bad I guess.

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    I to use a coffee can full of quickcrete.

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    You guys keep pulling up those heavy anchors you will be going to the doctor to get a zipper in your back like the one I just got.

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    consider putting two 2-3' steel poles like rebar on the bottom of yer coffee can giving you 4 1' steel bars to help dig into the bottom more.

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