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31/7/2018 at 8:05am
Location: Staines-upon-Thames
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I use Delta Ground Anchors for the guys. Although ‘only’ made out of nylon composite, they went into the dried out ground we’ve had this summer. No problems.
Halfords rock pegs are pretty cheap and are what I use for everything else. The plastic bits are a little fragile, but not too bad. Best to use a metal hammer (claw/lump etc..) with the rock pegs, Dead blow hammer for the Delta ground anchors.
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31/7/2018 at 9:53am
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I eventually got fed up with bent pegs (both plastic and the wire ones) and changed to rock pegs. I now use rock pegs on all guy ropes and pegging points. There are many different types of rock peg but basically they have a strong steel shaft with a flat head for hammering in with a lump hammer or a heavy claw hammer (which can also be used to extract the pegs).
I use these
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31/7/2018 at 11:29am
Location: North West
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Another vote for rock pegs pretty much all round in most ground - I might use decent wire pegs at the bottom of poles and for footprints if the ground is soft enough.
Delta pegs get rave reviews from their users, but I’ve never had a tent shift using rock pegs so I've never made the Delta plunge
The only time I wouldn’t use rock pegs for everything is in soft or sandy soil where I tend to use 8” plastic T-profile pegs (or even my very old 12” v-profile stakes).
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01/8/2018 at 12:22pm
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With regards to those pesky plastic bits that don't tend to last long, when using 8/9mm diameter rock pegs (aka Hard ground pegs), consider googling something called "Baz Washers", or take a trip to your local industrial roofing/fastener trade counter..
As seen on the right...
A perfect push fit onto the peg (No sliding down/falling off).
Big enough to stop the guyline unhooking from the peg.
Soft rubber to avoid chafing the guyline.
I've no idea why these peg manufacturers don't fit these as standard, as they work perfectly for me (and certainly better than the plastic hook things, even without the breakage problem!)
*Claw hammer will need to go under the peg head/above the washer, for extraction, and depending on the claw hammer, you may need to get a grinder on the slot, but that's because of the thick peg diameter, and not affected by the washer.
EDIT:
Just checked... That photo was added to my Photo library 5 years and 3 weeks ago. Let's say that's when I started using them.
I haven't lost one, broken one, dented one, or had any stolen! That's 2 boxes x 20 pegs!
Not one of the 40 have been replaced!
I occasionally use Delta Pegs for main guys, but these hard ground pegs get used somewhere, on virtually every camping trip. My trips are recorded below.
I doubt there's a plastic peg-top anywhere in the land that has lasted as well!
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01/8/2018 at 8:25pm
Location: Northern Ireland
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Metal PeggyPegs work for me ...
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03/8/2018 at 1:24pm
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I have just changed over this year to using M8x150 coach screws with penny washers. Got fed up of the tug of war trying to get rock pegs out of the ground so now I just use a cordless drill to drill them in and out with minimal effort.
Previously was using Aldi rock pegs.
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03/8/2018 at 1:28pm
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Rock pegs and Deltas will work almost anywhere, however the finned plastic ones (usually red) are better than rock pegs (smooth shank) in soft soil.
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03/8/2018 at 5:34pm
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I use M8 hex head coach screws - 150mm and 200mm long - and blue tops which I bought years ago from the then owners of Moor View caravan park.
I drive them in either grass or hard standings with a club hammer, and remove them with electric drill. The screws I buy on line in packs of 100 - much cheaper than outlets like B&Q.
When I get the occasional bent one I simply discard it. In the years I've had the blue tops, not one has broken. They were at one time advertised in the C.C. magazine, but I don't know if/where you could get them now.
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04/8/2018 at 2:29pm
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You can get metal deltas Kuppenbender :)
We have about 20 of them, but they are very expensive...brilliant bit of kit though
https://deltagroundanchors.co.uk/collections/steel-tent-pegs
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05/8/2018 at 6:41pm
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Those Delta pegs sound a bit OTT on price. Not denying they do the job, but my arrangement over the years has been satisfactory and nowhere near as expensive.
The blue tops I refer to are great and I cannot understand (if true) why they are no longer on the market.
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06/8/2018 at 2:28pm
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I have a stuff sack for pegs. I have delta ground anchors ( 4 metal and 12 nylon) and rock pegs for most other things, and a small number of finned plastic ones for crumbly soil. The Deltas are only used on the main corner guy ropes, they were never intended by their inventor to be used on every point on a tent.
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