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16/8/2022 at 11:09am
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Screw in Rock Pegs are pretty much the only pegs I use these days, have migrated UP from feeble wire pegs through all the options over the years, now find the screw pegs to be the best and most durable. I screw them in and out with a battery drill on ORDINARY DRILL setting. But I use a 5.5mm diameter long masonry bit to pre-drill a hole in troublesome hardstandings and the like. I'm an engineer, so I like to do things 'properly' and hammering in screws just doesn't sit at all well with me!
Screw Rock Pegs are nothing special, they are only standard Coach Screws (available from any decent hardware store) with a usually plastic 'hook' fitted, you can I believe even buy the loose hooks off ebay. You can use standard Coach Screws with a Penny Washer (to stop guy lines etc. slipping off) just as effectively, in fact the hooks are a nuisance if using on anchor loops attached to flysheets as they rotate and snag, so basic screws are better!
Many of the sets of screw pegs come complete with the drill adaptor, but a 13mm A/F (across flats) adaptor fits all the many pegs (from different sources) I've got.
Can't say I've noticed any difference in quality across the different brands I've got, in fact despite the differing brand names, many look identical, which is no surprise, as most brands are only traders, NOT true manufacturers, so probably from a common source.
The standard Coach Screws I got were M8x150 (the longest M8 size I could find), and pack of 10 Penny washers, from Toolstation for under £5 the lot.
Sometimes rather than being too hard, the ground is too soft, sandy or loose gravel, then I often find a pair of plain rock pegs driven in 'crossed' at about 60 degrees to each other works best. The screw pegs churn up the loose ground too much and don't really bed in well.
Post last edited on 16/08/2022 12:26:36
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