I use a stainless steel puller from Delta ground anchors and its great. Never had a problem pulling out rock pegs with it but before we got it i lost quite a few of the grey handled peg puller tools.
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Interesting looking at the close up piuctures of a rock peg. I've often wondered why the strange shape for the plastic bit. The rock pegs that came with my new, second hand tent are completely different, and totally unbreakable. Any one know why they are the shape they are ?
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I use the hammer that came with the pegs, with no problem. Broke a couple of plastic bits the first time, but learnt quickly to twist the plastic around sideways so the hammer is not levering against it.
Used some rock pegs in very hard ground this year and the tent did not move even through a mini tornedo in the I.O.W but had problems removing the pegs. I didn't realise the ones we had bought new were thicker than the ones we had previously had.
The mini claw hammer we had did not grip the pegs sufficiently so used the claw on one side of the plastic and a normal tent peg puller on the other side and pulled together, this seemed to work except for one stubborn peg which had to be knocked in slightly before pulling out, this seemed to loosen the peg from its hold
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We use a simple home made device which is just a smoothed off 6ins piece of copper gas pipe to form a handle, threaded through with about a metre of very strong cord, with a loop tied in the end to fit over the flange of the rock peg (works for ordinary pegs too) the idea is that you can get more leaverage from the extra long cord and even stand up and pull with both hands for the really stuborn ones. Never failed us yet, although some of the cheaper type rock pegs do have inferior plastic used on the pegs flange, and after a few trips out, the strong sunlight weakens them, and they become brittle when any great pressure is applied. For this reason, l much prefare the metal T topped ones.
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As for the breaking of the plastic bits, I've recently replaced mine with a washer off a roofing screw....
They're a nice tight fit, so I knock them in just enough to keep that gap between washer and peg head... ready for levering out. Works a treat, but I've yet to use this new set up in hard standing.
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Half the problem is those rock pegs with plastic tops.. The plastic is pointless.. Its weak and if the pegs are in really hard ground it just bends snaps and is a liability. I forgot just how crap these pegs were until we just used all our rock pegs up nr Lake Garda and we had few of these left. Omg the trouble I had getting them out. Thats it now though. Just metal rock pegs left.
On the subject of peg removal though I am seriously considering making my own slide hammer peg remover. Cant find anyone that sells one... There is a patent held in Australia but that's it.
Quote: Originally posted by Mucker1884 on 04/8/2013
As for the breaking of the plastic bits, I've recently replaced mine with a washer off a roofing screw....
I've replaced quite a few with joining blocks like these.