Deck idea for seasonal site.

I built one at our park, measures 8ft X 15ft. Screwed together 3-5ft X 8ft sections. This allows me to take 3-4 boards off the deck and reach in and unscrew the sections. Built the base using 10inch 16ga studs so sitting on the ground wouldn't rot the wood. Each section is light and small enough to load in a truck and move around if need be.

I recently built a shed and was required to use these Earth Anchors. You can buy them separate at HD and make your own cables as I did, or buy the kit. You screw an eyebolt into the side of the deck.

I used the pipe for my WDH to screw the anchor into the ground. Was not a hard job.

Packer your design may be what I am looking for, simple and serves its purpose.

What Byrogie above says is the best and only way to go.

I just finished a deck and stairs using those concrete blocks that are specifically made to receive a 4" x 4" and cross pieces of 2" stuff.
It is as solid as a rock.

I have had many comments from other lot owners that want me to help them build one similar.

jack L

I helped a friend of ours build a sectional portable deck for a seasonal site a few years ago. We laid out treated 2x4's in a "Z' pattern, and then screwed composite deck boards to them to create 4'x4' sections similar to the way a diagonally braced garden gate is built. We built six sections for an 8'x12' deck, but it could easily be more or less sections as desired. The sections are light enough to be easily transported and placed by one person, and can be placed either in line or alternating for different patterns. Our friend transported them on his SUV's roof rack, and supported them on site with ordinary clay building bricks and cedar shims to level them. As I recall, he anchored everything with 12" pole barn spikes driven into the ground.

We used the concrete piers with 4 way slots for 2x? lumber.
Only 8 needed for a 10x20 deck. Easy to level.
2x6 joists and 1x6 deck boards, all treated.
Made a box step to meet the door.

PackerBacker wrote:
I use two 8'x8' sections pinned side by side and have since added another 6'x8' section.

They are simply 1x6" decking planks screwed onto 2x4's as a base and placed right on the ground. It has never moved in the 9 years we've had it. Everything is treated lumber.

This is probably the easiest solution.

You can secure the deck to the ground by using a "J" bolt inside a concrete block , core-filled to hold the J-bolt in place. The bolt protrudes through the edge of the deck and is fastened with a nut and washer. That should keep a light deck in place.

I use two 8'x8' sections pinned side by side and have since added another 6'x8' section.

They are simply 1x6" decking planks screwed onto 2x4's as a base and placed right on the ground. It has never moved in the 9 years we've had it. Everything is treated lumber.

It will take a quite strong wind to move a deck; it is relatively heavy, has a low center of gravity, and has comparatively little surface area exposed to the wind. Frankly, I suspect you'd be more likely to have a travel trailer or fifth wheel trailer blow over (particularly if the wind is from the side) than most decks move significantly.

You can get anchors for animal tethers that are like large corkscrews at feed/farm supply sorts of stores, and attach the deck with cables or whatever to them. A few of them would ensure that the deck stayed in position regardless. You should, of course, verify with the management that they would be permitted, which probably depends somewhat on their main concerns. These anchors don't leave objectionable holes in the ground or harm the grass etc. much, but they could wreck havoc with utilities that are close to the ground.