Being fairly new to caravanning I assumed that the pegs that came with my awnings (eurovent full and suncamp scenic plus porch) would be suitable for use, considering the cost of the awning that would seem to have been a reasonable assumption.
However on attempting to use the pegs I usually find it goes like this, I arrive on site and get on my trusty 4lb lump hammer from the landrover and start to tap the pegs into the ground, the results of this usually fall into one of the following categories:
1)The pegs go nicely into the ground as you would expect
2)They bend
3)The hit something hard in the ground and bend
4)I try to tap them into the gravel on a hardstanding they refuse and bend
Now as I look around other peoples awnings I see a lot of smart looking pegs, I have even seen people putting pegs in with a battery drill.
That makes me assume that the bent wire pegs I got with my awnings are not fit for the task, I paid just over £600 for the full awning and £100 for the porch, you would think they would supply suitable pegs, not toy ones as they seem to have done.
Assuming I now have to go and buy some better pegs, my question is simple, which pegs do I need to buy and where from (preferably online), sometimes we have been on grass pitches, sometimes gravelled hard standings.
I am not really bothered about taking a battery drill everywhere with me unless this is the only option.
Regards
Mark
However on attempting to use the pegs I usually find it goes like this, I arrive on site and get on my trusty 4lb lump hammer from the landrover and start to tap the pegs into the ground, the results of this usually fall into one of the following categories:
1)The pegs go nicely into the ground as you would expect
2)They bend
3)The hit something hard in the ground and bend
4)I try to tap them into the gravel on a hardstanding they refuse and bend
Now as I look around other peoples awnings I see a lot of smart looking pegs, I have even seen people putting pegs in with a battery drill.
That makes me assume that the bent wire pegs I got with my awnings are not fit for the task, I paid just over £600 for the full awning and £100 for the porch, you would think they would supply suitable pegs, not toy ones as they seem to have done.
Assuming I now have to go and buy some better pegs, my question is simple, which pegs do I need to buy and where from (preferably online), sometimes we have been on grass pitches, sometimes gravelled hard standings.
I am not really bothered about taking a battery drill everywhere with me unless this is the only option.
Regards
Mark
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