Installation Instructions

Our horseshoe stake mounting brackets are the simplest and easiest way to set up a backyard horse shoe court and have your stakes tilt forward at a 12 degree angle and stay there without sinking or getting knocked askew. Your stakes won't get knocked backward over time like they will if they're simply driven into the ground or anchored in some other, less substantial manner. The brackets are very durable and bolt to a length of pressure treated 6 x 6 which you can purchase at Lowe's, Home Depot or your local lumber yard. The 6 X 6's shown here are 30" in length and work fine. You could go up to a 36" length if you wanted to but anything longer is unnecessary. Slide your stake in the holder and tighten down the hex bolt to hold the stake in place in the holder. Then you dig a trench with a mattock and bury the 6 x 6 in the center of your pit so that 15" of the stake protrudes out of the pit. (Dig your trench about 15" deep.) Fill the dirt back in around the 6 x 6 and pack it tight.  Now fill your pit area with sand and that's it. You're ready to pitch horse shoes.

Installing Dead Ringer stake holders. Photo courtesy of
Tom Roebuck. Here Tom has the trench dug in the middle of his sand box for the 6 x 6. A recessed pressure treated box defines the perimeter of the sand pit and helps keep the sand in place.

The sand box is filled with sand, a backstop is installed and 4 concrete pavers are laid down in the pitching area. All done! Nice work, Tom!