Screw in pegs
We were at Longleat a couple of weeks ago,
A lovely site but the problem we had was trying to peg down the awning , we used rock pegs all around it was quite windy and nearly all the pegs loosened .
I was wondering if the screw in type would be better.
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Forget the screw-in pegs.----------- Buy the longest/strongest rock pegs you can find. Put them firmly into the ground with a 2lb hammer, using as few hammer strokes as you can, and your awning will stay put. Ours can stand up to Hebridean Gales with no pegs pulling out.
K
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I find that the ground is the main problem. This year I've had a run of bad pegging conditions. Once it was Formby Point sand so no matter how deeply you hammered them in you could pull them out by hand. Worse than that was at Three Cliffs Bay where the
compacted gravel just broke up as you drove a peg in - couldn't get a decent fixing and had to take the awning down. Three Cliffs Bay is beautiful but prone to windy conditions. I have a selection of pegs to meet varying conditions but sometimes none of
them work.
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Used our screw in pegs only once, IMO a total waist of money. We were on a hard standing pitch which is what they are made for and I could not get any of them to grip.
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Forget the screw-in pegs.----------- Buy the longest/strongest rock pegs you can find. Put them firmly into the ground with a 2lb hammer, using as few hammer strokes as you can, and your awning will stay put. Ours can stand up to Hebridean Gales with no pegs pulling out.
Kennine, its ok hiting em with a lump hammer but try getting em out when they go into a tree root, its fun then.
Screw pegs also hammer in but it ruins the threads.a bit.
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I only use when neccssary Srew in pegs for the four corners then Rock Pegs on sites that require something beefier than the Nails that I normally use
Admiral
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Forget the screw-in pegs.----------- Buy the longest/strongest rock pegs you can find. Put them firmly into the ground with a 2lb hammer, using as few hammer strokes as you can, and your awning will stay put. Ours can stand up to Hebridean Gales with no
pegs pulling out.Kennine, its ok hiting em with a lump hammer but try getting em out when they go into a tree root, its fun then.
Screw pegs also hammer in but it ruins the threads.a bit.
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Write your comments here...Been there done that
it's interesting, but with a bit of ingenuity the peg can always be extracted. 
K
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A smidgin of semtex always manages to loosen them.
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I agree about screw pegs generally. We've still got ours but I can't remember the last time I used them. We carry a variety of different pegs, and have a handful of extra long pegs for the odd occasion when others don't hold. Generally it's rock pegs
for us, but the red plastic ones are sometimes quite good if the ground is a little bit soft - ot the metal 'v' shaped ones.Some people have given good feedback for Delta prgs, but they are not a cheap option.
David
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I thought one used air to blow up an awning, CY?
TNT, surely
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I take most of the above comments relate to hard standing, on a grass pitch I prefer screw pegs
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