Glider tie down.

Bill Daniels wrote:
I've mentioned this before but it's been a few years.

Carrying heavy steel screw-in's or stakes doesn't appeal to me. They're too
bulky and heavy. They also won't hold in really soft ground like a plowed
field or sand.

Years ago I hit on a solution I like. I bought some heavy five gallon nylon
bags with nylon rope drawstrings and a small, light, folding shovel called a
trenching tool. To make a tie-down, dig a hole, put the dirt in the bag
then put the bag in the hole. They hold well enough that I broke a 1/2"
nylon rope trying to pull one out with a 4x4. Three bags, three motorcycle
tie-down straps and the trenching tool weigh less than a pound and fold up
into a roughly 6"x12" package.

Where'd you find the bags?

I have the same set that Darryl does and it fits well in my ship, but
I'm not always flying my own glider. Sometimes I'm in a club ship with
less space available for cargo.

Jeremy