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29/8/2011 at 3:29pm
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I have just bought a new Bradcot modus awning complete with plastic pegs. These are fine for grass but I need pegs for hard standing as well.
i have done a search and read till confused. Are awning and tent pegs just the same? The screw in (and out)using a cordless drill appeal but I have no experience of putting the awning up on hard standing. Also mentioned is 160mm coach screws - do they work-they are much cheaper?
Are steel ones as good on grass ie to save having to take two sets.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
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29/8/2011 at 4:02pm
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Yes awning & tent pegs are the same, a set of rock pegs will do the job on hard standing & also on grass that is full of stones under the surface as it usually is. Take your plastic pegs as well because these are good for soft or sandy soil.
Search 'rock pegs' on google & ebay, you will find plenty. or just go to your local camping/caravan shop.
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29/8/2011 at 4:15pm
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I used to use the plastic pegs everywhere, I just carried a large old screwdriver that I used to make a hole for the pegs if they would not go in easily. Plastic pegs hold better than anything else so the system works, However, as I got older and lazier I bought rock pegs as there is less hammering, then I got even lazier and thought that screw pegs would be the answer. They are fantastic when they go in so easy to put in and so easy to get out, put on some of the hard standings they simply refuse to go in at all, they hit a largish stone and that is as far as you get, so nowadays I try the screwpegs and very quickly revert to the rock pegs and my friendly 2lb persuader.
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29/8/2011 at 4:58pm
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Yes, we use the rock pegs all the time, not the smooth ones, the ones with sort of ridges round them.
And a proper hammer, a wooden or rubber mallet is no use at all.
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29/8/2011 at 6:06pm
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Quote: Originally posted by jennifernn on 29/8/2011
Yes, we use the rock pegs all the time, not the smooth ones, the ones with sort of ridges round them.
And a proper hammer, a wooden or rubber mallet is no use at all.
Agree entirely with rock pegs. We use this type (ours have a light green luminous plastic top). Use a claw hammer to uplift the pegs at the end of the holiday - the claw sgould fit between the plastic top and the 'nail head'. I tend not to like the sort with the flat plastic top - if you use a peg puller through the little hole, my experience is that the plastic top is prone to breaking. Usually carry a small lump hammer to hit in the pegs. Less bother than an ordinary hammer. Forget the rubber or wooden mallet.
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26/7/2023 at 8:21am
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Long screws and penny washers, lump hammer them in, drill to get them out. Cheaper than rock pegs which in my experience used to bend a lot
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27/7/2023 at 8:28am
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Quote: Originally posted by misterg on 29/8/2011
I have just bought a new Bradcot modus awning complete with plastic pegs. These are fine for grass but I need pegs for hard standing as well.
i have done a search and read till confused. Are awning and tent pegs just the same? The screw in (and out)using a cordless drill appeal but I have no experience of putting the awning up on hard standing. Also mentioned is 160mm coach screws - do they work-they are much cheaper?
Are steel ones as good on grass ie to save having to take two sets.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
We bought 50 coach screws from Screwfix and matching washers. Worked out cheaper that buying packs of 20 awning pegs. Shared the 50 with my BIL.
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27/7/2023 at 11:55am
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Gave up on all the more feeble types of peg, now only use rock pegs/screw pegs/coach bolts regardless of ground.
Screw pegs are generally only standard coach bolts with a plastic hook fitted. The plastic hook (which rotates with the peg) is a right PITA when securing fixings attached to tent/awning body as they snag during rotation, then I use plain coach bolts and penny washers.
Club hammer to drive in, and a small crow bar with slot in ends widened to fit pegs for plain peg extraction. Cordless drill to drive/extract screw types.
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27/7/2023 at 12:57pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Monty15 on 27/7/2023
Screw pegs are generally only standard coach bolts with a plastic hook fitted. The plastic hook (which rotates with the peg) is a right PITA when securing fixings attached to tent/awning body as they snag during rotation, then I use plain coach bolts and penny washers.
Yep nothing to beat those coach bolts and penny washers. We did similar with those silly plastic mushrooms pegs using a roof screws and washers. We can hammer them into ground that is almost as hard as rocks like most hardstanding on CAMC sites.
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