Our city is requiring us to install a bike rack with this new building, so I started out by drilling two holes in the ground.
Normally, the dirt sticks to the dirt to the auger but it’s so dry here- I had to clean these holes out by hand.
Next, I mixed up 4 eighty-pound bags of concrete in a five-gallon bucket using my cordless drill.
It was just about the perfect amount of concrete to fill the holes.
I made sure both piers were at the same height so the bike rack would sit level.
After the concrete had cured for two days, it was time to wrap things up.
I marked out all six holes with a pencil.
I had just picked up this vacuum for my SDS hammer drill and was curious to see how well it would work.
It’s designed to suck up all the concrete dust as you drill- that stuff’s not good to breathe in.
It actually caught all of the dust- I was surprised.
Once I had all six holes drilled it was time to bolt it down.
I used 3/8 x 4” long Titen Screw Anchors- these are galvanized and will hold up to the weather.
These are easy to use, and you can back them out if you need to change something.
The funny thing is we had to install one of these racks on the last building we built and no one has ever chained a bike to it.
I doubt this one will get used either.
So I thought, maybe I could use it for a skid steer rack- no one’s gonna steal this one. @hausplans
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