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15/2/2025 at 12:59pm
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The ONLY pegs I use these days, be it for caravan awning on grass or hardstanding, or the rare occasion of tent camping, are Rock Pegs!
A combination of straight ones and screw ones as the ground demands. I also use a long (100mm depth/150mm overall length) 5mm diameter masonry drill bit in my battery drill (I carry that anyway to wind my corner steadies) to make a decent hole in rocky ground, it makes it much easier to get pegs in securely AND saves bending them!
I supplement the screw pegs with M8x200mm Coach Screws, with a Penny Washer (large diameter washer) when I don't need the hooked top of a normal peg, such as the pegging loops on bottom of awning walls etc. (where the rotating hook often snags and risks damaging the fabric wall/fixed loop). Screw pegs are only standard Coach Screws with a plastic hook attached! Available from decent hardware stores like Toolstation, Screwfix etc.
You'll find hardstandings vary a LOT! Some are deep loose gravel/chippings (where pegs struggle to grip! - two pegs driven diagonally at 90 degrees to each other normally sorts that!), some are a shallow layer of looser material over near solid compounded rock foundation (TRULY the domain of the rock peg!), others are a nice compact but not rock hard base.
I no longer bother carrying the acquired assortment of wire, plastic, formed metal etc. pegs that came with awnings and tents, it's Rock Pegs every time.
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Topic: Pegs
via mobile 15/2/2025 at 12:05pm
