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1. An irrigation system, comprising:
a plurality of towers supporting an irrigation pipe, each tower of the plurality of towers including a pair of drive wheels and an axle extending between the pair of drive wheels; and a plurality of anchoring units positioned on at least a subset of the plurality of towers, each anchoring unit comprising:
a support base secured to the axle of a tower;a threaded sleeve secured to the support base;a shaft having a threaded portion and an anchor portion, at least a portion of the threaded portion of the shaft being enclosed within the threaded sleeve; anda motor secured to the support base, the motor configured for rotating the shaft in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft and moving the shaft along the longitudinal axis towards an anchoring position wherein at least a portion of the anchor portion of the shaft is drilled into a ground surface, the motor further configured for rotating the shaft in a second direction about the longitudinal axis of the shaft and moving the shaft along the longitudinal axis towards a disengaging position wherein the anchor portion of the shaft is lifted off of the ground surface. |