modular member 10 34 so that said deadman member 51 is generally situated perpendicular to said layer 66 and extends into the earth being retained the longitudinal dimension of the second member 52 together with the ball joint 54 preferably form a two part member having an overall longitudinal dimension generally similar to the longitudinal dimension of one of the first members 10 one of the socket joints 60 of the second member 52 is adjoined to the ball joint 13 of the member 10 39 and is secured to said ball joint 13 in the manner previously described above the deadman ball joint 54 may be secured to the other of the socket joints 60 of the second member 52 and the socket joint 15 of the member 10 34 in a number of different manners in the preferred embodiment the deadman brace 53 is formed from two braces 11 utilized in a manner so that one of the holes 33 from each brace 11 overlap to form a middle recessed hole 63 the other holes 33 of each brace are outer recessed holes 64 of the deadman brace 53 once the deadman joint 50 is in a desired position the deadman brace 53 is placed thereon so that the middle hole 63 is positioned to expose the deadman through bore 57 one of the outer holes 64 is positioned to expose the second through bore 31 of the member 10 34 and the other outer hole 64 is positioned to expose adjacent the bores 62 of the second member 52 with the deadman.