buried mass provides resistance.
Concrete adds weight and stability.
A chain transfers pulling forces from the post to the buried anchor.
Together, those components can make a lightweight structure much harder to move.
It’s a very old-fashioned approach to a very ordinary problem.
And that’s one of the reasons I find it so fascinating.
Today, we’re used to buying a product specifically designed for almost every situation.
Back then, people often looked at the materials they had and figured out how to make them work.
That kind of resourcefulness is
