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Subject Topic: what length rock pegs Post Reply Post New Topic
17/8/2010 at 11:40pm
 Location: lancashire burnley
 Outfit:  Vango aspen 500 dlx vango beta 450
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I am investing in some rock pegs, what length would you go for 8" or 10"?

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18/8/2010 at 6:33am
 Location: Costa Del West Sussex
 Outfit: Tesco 4 Man Dome. Outwell Virginia 5
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Hello cbfc.
            The ones I bought are the 23cm ones.
I use them for either tent, and so far they've held fast in soft and hard ground.

Last month, one of them held too 'fast' for me to pull out.
I tried the 'water trick' but to no avail. In the end, I had to dig it out.

I bought my 'Ground Hogs' from Halfords. 3.99 GBP for a pack of 8. In total, I have bought 4 packs.

The choice is up to you.

Kind regards James

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18/8/2010 at 8:04am
 Location: Kent
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we have mix of 6 & 9", both work very well. 

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18/8/2010 at 10:37am
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I know this has been posted before, but a good quality claw hammer, should  manage to get them out. I always have a claw hammer in my tent equipment, they also work well on Delta pegs, as they give the correct angle of pull to remove them.

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18/8/2010 at 12:22pm
 Location: Rochdale
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Remember that when putting them in the longer they are the more effort needed to put them in, and some of the hard standings that I have been on just getting pegs in takes an awful lot of effort with my persuader ( 2lb lump hammer ).

 



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We have both 7 and 10 inch rock pegs as hardstandings vary greatly. The short ones were useless at Broadlands CC, the long ones were brilliant. At Old Oaks, Somerset the long ones took far too much effort to bang in and take out, the short ones were perfect ! All depends on the compactness of the hardstanding ! Needless to say we use a lump hammer and a peg extractor !


18/8/2010 at 5:34pm
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Mixture of both?

Personally I'd go for the longer ones and take a club hammer as previously mentioned... better to be safe than sorry!

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