Awning pegs (1 Viewer)

[Chris]

We put up an awning if we are away for more than 2 nights and have always used big pegs to tie down storm strap etc.

It's easy hitting them in with a lump hammer but not always that easy to get the sods back out again, especially if it's been very dry.

My wife bought some drill in pegs and they are brilliant. We use them for the storm straps and for the awning tie downs.You need a rechargeable drill but it is so easy and they do not move a centimetre once you have drilled them in and easy to get out.

I can't speak too highly of them

 

[Anthea M]

Random but helpful Chris!!!

 

[Chris]

Random but helpful Chris!!!

That's just me.

Random

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[pappajohn]

Never had a problem.

 

[Chris]

This sort of thing

Amazon product ASIN B00D41XVTY

 

[Chris]

Never had a problem.

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Try them John.

They are really good

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[DavidG58]

This sort of thing

Amazon product ASIN B00D41XVTY

good idea in principle, but only if you can still thump them in with a hammer, when you forget to charge or even forget to pack the cordless drill

 

[Anthea M]

Loving the idea and colour box(. I am that shallow!)

 

[Chris]

good idea in principle, but only if you can still thump them in with a hammer, when you forget to charge or even forget to pack the cordless drill

That's true.

It's why I bring a wife

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[Chris]

Loving the idea and colour box(. I am that shallow!)

Great word on the box isn't it?

I was searching for other stuff when it flashed up

 

[skylinersi]

we use these :



work surprisingly well

 

[Mikeco]

Use a claw hammer then you can pull them out with it.

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[Ridgeway]

The dogs dangly bits of tent pegs are these:

Peggy Pegs

From Australia.

The hardcore version are seemingly indestructible

 

[Deleted member 29692]

The dogs dangly bits of tent pegs are these:

Peggy Pegs

From Australia.

The hardcore version are seemingly indestructible

Dogs dangly bits indeed.

It might be a little easier to order them from the UK site though

http://www.peggypeg.co.uk

 

[RogerThat]

Peggy Pegs? Were they named by the same person who came up with Boaty McBoatface?

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[jdk62]

That's true.

It's why I bring a wife

"a wife.." You mean anybody's will do..?

 

[TheBig1]

i love a good screw peg...........brilliant things and so simple. with hammer in rock pegs, i used to carry a 12 inch length of sturdy angle iron with a slot in the middle. place the slot over the peg and pull out with both hands

aldi had screw pegs in last week £6.99 for 10 and the socket to drive them with

 

[Chris]

Use a claw hammer then you can pull them out with it.

That doesn't always work with the big storm strap pegs.

I got one stuck in the ground in Carcassone a few years back. I sweated and cursed until eventually a young Spanish bloke gave me a hand to get it out.

I think I would still be there now if he hadn't

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[GWAYGWAY]

If it doesn't rain soon here we will need a Hilti gun to put nails in. I always pull the awning in at night just in case the winds really gets up.

 

[Mikeco]

That doesn't always work with the big storm strap pegs.

I got one stuck in the ground in Carcassone a few years back. I sweated and cursed until eventually a young Spanish bloke gave me a hand to get it out.

I think I would still be there now if he hadn't

Never had a problem, just hit them sideways a few times and then pull them out.

 

[Chris]

Never had a problem, just hit them sideways a few times and then pull them out.

I tried all that.

The ground was really dry. By the time we had got the damn thing out it was bent beyond use anyway by all the sideways hitting

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[lorger]

Lorraine just gets the peg head between her toes and pulls them out no problem

 

[Mikeco]

I tried all that.

The ground was really dry. By the time we had got the damn thing out it was bent beyond use anyway by all the sideways hitting

Okay then, mitigating circumstances, HOWEVER, are you qualified in the use of a claw hammer as some of us who were in the building trade for many years received training and obtained certificates in how to use a claw hammer.

 

[Chris]

Okay then, mitigating circumstances, HOWEVER, are you qualified in the use of a claw hammer as some of us who were in the building trade for many years received training and obtained certificates in how to use a claw hammer.

Definitely not qualified. Absolutely hopeless at all things practical.

More a thinker than a doer

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[Mikeco]

That doesn't always work with the big storm strap pegs.

I got one stuck in the ground in Carcassone a few years back. I sweated and cursed until eventually a young Spanish bloke gave me a hand to get it out.

I think I would still be there now if he hadn't

To be absolutely truthful I did bend a couple of the big storm strap ones after our winter in Spain as they had been in the ground over 5 months and it was only yesterday that I straightened them out ready for going back in October so you are not alone.

 

[Alistair33]

Peggy pegs keep getting mentioned and I've seen them at shows and been impressed,has anyone ordered from this site The reason for asking is that they dont have an online payment option which is rather surprising in this day and age?

 

[jezport]

we use these :



work surprisingly well

We use and sell these
They are aluminium so are far better than plastic

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[busby]

We put up an awning if we are away for more than 2 nights and have always used big pegs to tie down storm strap etc.

It's easy hitting them in with a lump hammer but not always that easy to get the sods back out again, especially if it's been very dry.

My wife bought some drill in pegs and they are brilliant. We use them for the storm straps and for the awning tie downs.You need a rechargeable drill but it is so easy and they do not move a centimetre once you have drilled them in and easy to get out.

I can't speak too highly of them

Pegs will come out easy if you pour water on them,,,cheap and simple,,BUSBY

 

[busby]

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good idea in principle, but only if you can still thump them in with a hammer, when you forget to charge or even forget to pack the cordless drill

They bend if you hammer them,,BUSBY,,

 

[Chris]

Pegs will come out easy if you pour water on them,,,cheap and simple,,BUSBY

I don't want to hear that having toiled for ages getting them out and enlisting the help of a young French chap once in Carcosonne.

Screw in ones are best though, trust me.

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