Lan-cor ground anchor
When it comes to ground anchors the NZ-made Lan-cor is hard to beat. It was released a few years ago and is now exported around the world. Where other anchors are big and cumbersome the Lan-cor can be easily stored in the back of your 4WD with your other recovery equipment. It packs into its own carry bag less than half a metre long and only weighs nine kg. But the Lan-cor is not just another auger anchor – the auger is only there to get the anchor into the ground, so you don’t need a sledge hammer. Once in the ground the cable, attached near the bottom, does all the work, pulling on the anchor at right angles, and with a 5.5 ton safe working load is able to withstand some serious recoveries. The working head of the Lancor, incorporating the auger, is made up of a 25mm dia. solid steel shaft. A length of nine mm six-core steel cable, as used on your standard winch, is attached around the shaft using a patented cable guide mechanism. The rest of the anchor consists of lengths of simple box section that clip together giving a total length of 1.8 metres. The specially designed tip means the Lan-cor is easily screwed into even relatively firm ground. The Lan-cor’s patented design also means it is able to go much deeper than other anchors, and as it is pulled from the bottom has much greater holding power in a wider range of terrain. It is easy to use in nearly all terrain and really excels in sand. The Lan-cor was designed with the casual 4WDer in mind. It is also used by New Zealand and Australian essential services and was recently picked up by NATO and is now on the NATO list of approved devices. Visit the website www.lan-cor.com and watch two short videos of the Lan-cor in action.