I probably got this idea from a previous post on here but don’t remember the details. Anyway, I’m thinking of predrilling for super stakes with a 5/8 x 16” masonry bit. Anyone else do something similar? What do you use and how do you like it?

I use a 3/4" ship auger bit, 17" or 18" long for the finned super stakes. They are a bear to drive and retrieve (even with a retrieval cable) in my ground without a pilot hole. I think 7/8" diameter would be ideal for the finned stakes but all I could find locally was 3/4". They work much better than the masonry bits in my ground, hard clay under a layer of topsoil. Your results may vary.

I predrill Wolfgang's with a masonary bit and a Milwaukee rotary hammer drill. Mainly when there is frost in the ground. I think I have a 1in bit for the fangs. Switching to superstakes with chain this year.

I just use a piece of rebar to pound out a pilot hole. I prefer to do that because if I hit a rock it’s better to know that I can’t anchor there with a piece of rebar than it is to have a super stake in half way and then have to try and pull it back out to try a different angle or spot.

There a quite few guys do both masonry bit and a rebar pilot hole
18 bit I do not think you can go wrong on either wolf fang or a super stake.. Masonary bit I think is cats meow imo.

I use a 3/4" wood auger bit 18" long when the ground is really hard. Works great

I do after it is below zero for a week. Masonry bit

Definitely want to hear the results TB. Same nasty basalt soil here in coyote country, I've never even tried to figure it out.

Big dog anchors are up in the granitic soils that I can punch thru with a pilot hole/pipe driver for super stakes and/or pipe anchors.

I really want to see pictures of a generator on the front of your boat and extension cord to your rotary hammer!!! Light up the canyon bbbbbbbrrrrrrraaaaappppp, bbbbbbrrrrraaaapppp

I started doing this with the advice of Taximan. Not the same setup but similar.

1/2” Milwaukee 18 volt cordless hammer drill. Carry extra batteries. Long ship auger bits from Harbor freight when the ground is not frozen. When frozen I drill for both cable stakes and rebar using long Bosch masonry bits. I also drill out a trap bed with a large Bosch masonry bit - multiple holes and then chip out the bed. The Bosch masonry bits seem to be the best and last longest and that is reflected in the price. I use an Estwing fireside firewood maul, a full size maul, a peloski pick, or other tools as best suited for the job.

I use a masonry bit to predrill when there is 2" or more of frost.