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11/8/2022 at 9:48pm
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I use a claw hammer (a small half pound one) to remove rock pegs.
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11/8/2022 at 11:44pm
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Like Bernie, I use a claw hammer. Usually give the peg a light tap on the side to help loosen it first.
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12/8/2022 at 6:50am
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Tip some water around the peg and start to wiggle it around.
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12/8/2022 at 10:21am
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I regularly use a site in Essex that has the toughest ground of any site I've ever used, rock pegs bend on being hammered in to grassed 'soil', and you'd think you'd cemented a ground anchor in when trying to extract! The ground positively laughs at anything less robust than a rock peg! Got friends who take a mains hammer drill and masonry bit to 'pre-drill' the peg holes, it really is that unforgiving!
A combination of above suggestions and pretty much Mucker's kit has overcome the 'struggles' with relative ease after first miserable experience. Generally given up on anything but screw in Rock Pegs and battery drill to insert/extract these days, but IF I use a straight rock peg I soak the ground to both drive pegs in and extract. I use a pry bar to extract (I did modify it slightly to widen the slot to fit rock pegs better, and ground down all sharp edges/corners to make it more comfortable to handle). Never really been a great fan of peg pullers, they always seem to un-bend even with feeble wire pegs!
Life's too short to be fighting tent pegs, go for the easiest option even if it looks like overkill. I now include a small masonry bit in with my battery drill to make a pilot hole in troublesome ground.
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