Abstract: An alignment and installation strap for a presloped drainage channel run is disclosed wherein the strap includes a body and two arms perpendicular to said body, a spike attachment means on each arm and at least two thread holes with bolts on each arm, the holes being placed so that when the strap is placed over or under two adjacent drainage channel sections one of the bolts on each arm will screw into an indentation on each outside wall of one channel section and the other bolt on each arm will screw into an indentation on each outside wall of the second channel section when the two sections are correctly aligned and the two spike attachment means will accept, slide over and attach to two spikes which may be driven into the ground.