Peg Puller
Recently required a peg puller, but gave up on the ones normally available as more often than not they just bend.
I then came up with the idea of modifying a small utility bar which I bought from Toolstation (other suppliers are available),
I drilled the hole in the flat bar out so that a peg would fit through and then opened up the slot in the bent end with a angle grinder so that it would fit a peg, I now have a peg puller strong enough to remove pegs and putting a spare peg through the hole allows the peg to be used as a handle.
Total cost was £3.19 plus 5 minutes of my time.
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We carry a regular joiners claw hammer in our van's kit which I use for knocking in steel pegs. Like the original poster, I used an angle grinder to open up the normal nail sized slot in the claw to a peg sized slot. It works perfectly well and cost nothing as I already had the hammer.
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An unmodified claw hammer fits my pegs OK.
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Another vote for small claw hammer - no need to modify in my case, perfect.
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Medium sized hammer, rock pegs.
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obviously people do use a 'normal' claw hammer but IMHO they're not big or heavy enough to knock a peg into the ground, especially hard/stony ground. I use a 4lb lump hammer to knock them in instead. I made a puller years ago but lost it, so in the mean time pegs are removed by a few knocks side ways & pull/hook them out with AN Other peg.
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I've bought all sorts of peg pullers over the years, ranging from the bent, thick piece of wire with a handle version to the all-singing, all-dancing telescopic one that saves you having to bend down. The former invariably straightens out on first use and the latter was absolutely useless and pulled apart after a few uses and never worked thereafter. Another £15 wasted. They both sit amongst that pile of junk in the garage that I keep meaning to take to the tip!
I now rely on my trusty claw hammer, but like ED, favour a hefty lump hammer for bashing the rock pegs into hard standings.
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