Best awning pegs for typical CC hard standings?

Tirril
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edited May 2016 in Parts & Accessories #1

Pegs for hard standings seem to fall into two styles - screw in with a thread and using a drill or rock pegs hammered in with a decent claw hammer. I would appreciate recommendations from those with practical experience as up to now I have only used an awning
on grass.

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  • JillwithaJay
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    edited May 2016 #2

    We use the most substantial rock pegs with a good claw hammer Tirril.  Some hardstandings are more 'solid' than others and you'd think there was solid concrete beneath the gravel. 

    The worst job of setting up on site and, if we don't need the awning for a shorter stay, we just don't bother, mainly because of the pegging issue.

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  • Whittakerr
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    edited May 2016 #3

    After trying many kinds of pegs i've found
    these     to be about the best.

  • JillwithaJay
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    edited May 2016 #4

    We use similar to those but we bought them individually and they cost a bit more than the price of those.  Sometimes it's trial and error.  We carry a selection, and use what's best for the state of the ground.

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  • MJ730
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    edited May 2016 #5

    We use ones that look like 8 inch nails and others like shown above as Jill says whatevers best at the time.

    Mike

  • KENNYG
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    edited May 2016 #6

    Carry a selection not to long 6 to 8 inch and a good lump hammer. 

  • ABIPete
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    edited May 2016 #7

    Hi, I have used turbo coach screws from Screwfix,10mm x 160mm for the last 4 years £15 for 50! and have not had to replace any yet. Plus S Steel penny washers. If the ground is really hard I use the hammer action on the drill!!!! despite the abuse they have
    not been damaged or corroded at all.

  • DSB
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    edited May 2016 #8

    Certainly use rock pegs and a claw hammer.  The best rock pegs I've had were produced by Pyramid - probably the best thing Pyramid produced, but they are no longer in business.  The trouble with the ones in the link put up by Whittakerr above, is that, in
    our experience the green 'head' easily breaks off.  Personally, I'd go for something with more substantial plastic.

    David 

  • Whittakerr
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    edited May 2016 #9

    Your right David they can break. I've got a supply of the Tuff Peg Tops from here

  • DSB
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    edited May 2016 #10

    I've not used them (I still have my stock of Pyramid pegs), but something like these would be my consideration - see
    HERE.

    David 

  • DSB
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    edited May 2016 #11

    Your right David they can break. I've got a supply of the Tuff Peg Tops from
    here

    Those are more like the tops on my Pyramid pegs.  Good to be able to get replacement tops.  I may pick up some of those next time I'm in Scorrier, Cornwall.

    David

  • DSB
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    edited May 2016 #12

    These look good - HERE.  They have a sort of thread on the bottom, but I think they are for 'gripping' rather than a screw in thread.  I'm generally not a fan of screw in
    pegs.  I find them a bit of a faff.

    David 

  • Surfer
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    edited May 2016 #13

    After trying many kinds of pegs i've found
    these     to be about the best.

    That is what we sued on a CC hard standing and we have still bent two of them.  I am sure that the CC have concrete under the thin layer of stone! 
    Yell

  • Whittakerr
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    edited May 2016 #14

    After trying many kinds of pegs i've found these to be about the best.

    That is what we sued on a CC hard standing and we have still bent two of them.  I am sure that the CC have concrete under the thin layer of stone!  Yell

    I agree! the worst ive come across was Much Wenlock. I thought they had just put a couple of inches of top soil over the old platform on the grass pitch I was onWorried 2 or 3 pegs get bent every year so I always have half a dozen or so spares.

  • Alex Cassells
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    edited May 2016 #15

    After using a hammer and heavy duty rock pegs for a few years, we tried the screw type. It may have been me not using them properly , but reckoned they did not work nearly as easily as advertised and we're more of a hassle. So still with good old fashioned
    heavy duty pegs and a good heavy hammer.

    It's such a luxury when we very occasionally peg into grass.....aah.

  • Tirril
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    edited May 2016 #16

    Many thanks to everyone with your advice. It is clear that the rock peg rather than the screw type is the way to go. Much obliged for your help.

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