Keep your dog safely secured at the campsite, RV pad, or backyard without permanent hardware. The Camco 42572 spiral anchor drives firmly into virtually any ground type -- from packed earth to sandy soil -- and the swivel ring on top keeps the chain or leash from winding up and binding around the stake.
Full-timers, weekend warriors, and tent campers all face the same challenge: keeping pets safe and contained at a temporary site with no fence and no tie-off point. The Camco 42572 solves that with a no-tools-needed spiral stake that screws into the ground by hand in seconds.
The arrowhead spiral design bites into soil progressively as you twist it down, distributing pull force along the length of the stake rather than at a single anchor point. At 12 inches of buried depth, it resists lateral tugging from active dogs better than simple J-hook or flat stakes of the same length.
Corkscrews into packed earth, sandy soil, grass, and mixed ground. The tapered tip starts the bite cleanly without a mallet.
The top-mounted swivel ring rotates freely as your pet moves, preventing the leash or chain from coiling around the stake and restricting movement.
Built from solid steel for the rigidity needed to resist bending or pulling out under sustained lateral load from an active dog.
The spiral profile is specifically effective in sandy and loose soils where flat stakes pull out easily -- a common condition at coastal and desert campgrounds.
J-hook stakes rely on a single bend in the metal to resist upward pull. A spiral anchor distributes resistance along the full helix -- typically 3x to 5x more pull-out resistance in soft soil compared to a straight or J-hook stake of equal length. At RV campgrounds with packed gravel or sandy pads, that difference is significant for larger, stronger dogs.
No hammer or mallet needed. Insert the arrowhead tip into the ground at your chosen spot, grip the top ring or use a stick through the ring for leverage, and rotate clockwise. The spiral pulls the stake downward with each turn. Uninstall by reversing the rotation -- the same spiral action that drives it in walks it back out cleanly without digging.
The swivel ring accepts standard snap-hook leash clips and chain links used with most dog tie-out cables and leashes. It is not designed for a fixed tie -- the swivel must be free to rotate for it to function correctly. Attach the leash clip directly to the ring; do not loop the leash body through the ring and then clip back to itself, as this eliminates the swivel benefit.