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Hi all,

This Saturday will be our first experience under canvas. I've just bought some 8 inch nail type tent pegs (sorry if not the correct name) from Towsure. I only bought 10 and plan to use these in conjunction with the normal style pegs. My question for you all is would it be better to use the nail pegs to peg out the tent or to use for the guy ropes?

Thanks

Mark

That is a difficult question to answer without knowing what pegs were supplied with the tent, how many guy ropes there are, and why you felt the need to buy 10 more pegs of a different type.

My Carolina 3 came with 23 plastic pegs which I didn't like for various reasons but they did the job pegs are supposed to do. Then the tips of most of them were damaged on hard ground so I changed the lot for Rock Pegs (which may be what you mean by nail type pegs) and use them on the flysheet and the guy ropes.

Providing you have enough to go round I would suggest putting the rock pegs on the guy ropes. If you haven't got enough to go round then you will have to mix them anyway.

Thanks all for the replies. Sorry I haven't been very technical about my description but they came in singles at my local camping place (Towsure). Having only got the small wire ones in the tent set I thought it may be best to invest in some stronger more substantial ones.

I thought that it'd be best to use on the main guy ropes so am glad I've got something right. This will be my first time away as a family of four (2 adults, 1 at 6 and 1 at 18mths).

Off in the morning so only time will tell now.

Thanks

The main secrete is to have any pegs you used to be put in the ground at a 45' angle to the tent.