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Most just screw in an anchor and toss their tow rope over it.DN
Yep, that's what I do. If the wind is stiff enough to lift the front up even with my wind bar installed, I will screw another anchor down inside the shanty at the front door so the T-handle catches the conduit frame.
Hope you friend wasn't hurt but I have to LOLOLOLOL! You just reminded of the time, my brother and I were fishing in a suitcase shanty. It was very windy and he had to take a sh - -. He said, you go outside and hold the shanty and I'll use my five gallon bucket. Sooooo, I went outside and grabbed the shanty. The winds were a good 40mph and gusts of up to 60-65. All of the sudden a gust ripped the shanty out of my hands and all I saw was shanty, a--es and elbows rolling across the ice. When everything stopped, about forty yards away, I ran over to see my brother climb out of the shanty. He had ch-t halfway up his back. I laughed so hard I thought I was going to literally bust a gut. In fact, I laughed all the way to the truck. The laughing stopped however, when we got going down the road. Let's just say I quickly turned the heater off and opened all the windows. That's when he finally started laughing! Sorry for hi-jacking the thread but I just had to tell that story one more time.
Just open the flip over when you get out if its windy.