Not really backcountry related but y'all fly elsewhere too!
Does anyone know of a source for the permanent embedded tie-down eyes of the kind you'd find at an airport? Stainless steel would be nice too and flush-mounted or recessed is a must. I'm about to pour the concrete between the taxiway and my hangar and I'd like to add some tie-downs for visiting aircraft or if I need to park outside to free-up space in the hangar.
I found some stainless ones online at a place called Sladek. The only other info I can find online are some tech sheets for some other types, but no sources or ordering info.
Any ideas?

A lot of the times it's just Rebar in the concrete, not stainless of course. I've seen mobile home anchors used, again not stainless, but very strong. I don't think I've ever seen stainless.

I don't think I'd worry about stainless. Get big herky eyes, embed them, and they'll outlast all of us.

MTV

skycop,
I've never seen stainless either. I'm guessing maybe you have colored concrete and don't want the rust ? in which case you could use galvanized anchor bolts readily available at any of the valleys building supply houses like orco, white cap, etc... Just buy them long enough to have an eye bent in them. If you really wanted stainless, the most economical route would probably be to by stainless rod and bend a few j-bolts with eye ends. your concrete man should be able to give you a recess for the bolts to live in, but they will fill with water and dirt
Are you at Pegasus?

I am betting you can find 3/4" round stainless bar stock in a supply store ( check you local welding supply folks who probably can direct you to the right place ). Get them to bend a loop on the end and cut to length.

If need be, weld a nut or washer on bottom end if you fear the rod pulling out of the concrete.

Other choice is to bury a threaded rod and screw a round eye on the top. Bury the rod to the bottom of the eye.

I think Marine supply stores can supply the stainless eye. Unfortunately marine supply and FAA blessed parts share the same pricing structure.

TD

Thanks for the suggestions. They don't neccessarily have to be stainless but I wanted something beyond rebar because exposed rebar seems to disintegrate when it rusts. I just pulled some rebar out of my storage shed that wasn't even exposed to direct water and after I knocked the rust off some pieces were like 2/3 their original diameter.

Yes Rob I'm at Pegasus. Just finished the house out here in June. General contracted it myself to try to save money. Fortunately we bought the lot before the big real estate grab here in town. Now the lot prices are untouchable for someone in our tax bracket. It's been a somewhat frustrating and drawn-out 3 year project. Heck, I'm still trying to get my electrician to show up and finish his last bit of work. And I still have landscaping to look forward to and that's not going to be cheap! I need to at least get my hangar driveway poured because my hangar is unusable without it. Right now the hangar floor is about a foot above grade so it would be challenging to get anything inside

You might use some stainless steel cable. If I recall the area was flush and the loop was a bit floppy so you could taxi or drive over it. It was probably a double loop with a small one up and a larger embedded into the concrete. The same idea would work in dirt if it was buried with a duck bill or similar anchor.

BTW: Mouse pee is very corrosive on iron.

I, and most people I know use #88 duck bill anchors. I drive them in flush with the surface and slap a big stainless threaded carebiner on the end. You could drive them so just the top half of the loop is sticking out of the concrete, or block out a small hole for them.

Phil

Oddly enough my concrete guy stopped by on a whim today and said he needs some work and would take 2 grand off the last quoted price if I wanted to pour the driveway from the hangar to the taxiway. So I had to make a decision. I ended up ordering the stainless Sladek anchors. They have a like a 20K+ lb breaking strength so there shouldn't be any worries. A little spendy but they should last forever.

http://www.sladekcorp.com/index.cfm for anyone who's interested.
I got the AN4000 model.