My anvil fell off its stand and almost took my foot with it

I thought I had it strapped down good but I was wrong. Last Tuesday I was working on a big piece of rebar and the whole thing tipped sideways. My anvil is about 150 pounds so it hit the concrete floor with a nasty thud and bounced right near my toes. I spent the next hour building a new stand out of 4x4s with some serious cross bracing. Has anyone else had their anvil pull a sneaky move on them like that?

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noahclark1d ago

Same thing happened to me with a 200 pounder, scared the hell out of me.

coleman.jamie1d ago

Wait, 200 pounds as in the weight of the animal or you mean 200 pounds of gear on your back? Either way that's nuts, man. I've had black bears come through my yard before but nothing that big, probably 150 at most and even that made my heart drop out of my chest.