Awning pegs

[Richard_374306006]

Hello All,

Just bought our first awning (second hand Dorema) and wondered about pegs. I was going to go for steel pegs and a mallet, but have seen these new screw in types for hardstanding and grass.

Any recommendations????

Richard

 

[Dustydog]

Hi Richard

Spend a little more now and long term make your life easy.

I use 8" screwpegs which work well in most terrains ie grass to very hard standings, NOT concrete!

I now hammer them in and use my cordless drill to unscrew. Never let me down even in high winds.You try and pull an 8" peg out of hard ground . Very tough on the back.

Cheers

Alan

 

[swpostie]

Hi Alan,

We thought about screwpegs but, after looking into it, decided that the metal screwpegs wouldn't offer much grip over a normal peg on soft ground, and would require a pilot hole to be drilled on compacted hardstandings!

So, anyway, for the cost we decided that they would be more trouble than they were worth! (although I know a lot of people swear by them)

In the end we went for a set of 9" Tarzan pegs and a big hammer!

 

[Dustydog]

Hi Rupert,

No need to drill pilot holes on compacted ground. Just hammer the screwpegs in with a hammer! Easy.

How easy is it to remove the Tarzans ?

I do carry a selection of different pegs and hate having to struggle pulling them out of the ground. I guess if they pulled out easily they wouldn't be doing the job.

Cheers

Alan

 

[swpostie]

Hi Alan,

I've only used them once, on grass, and they came out without any trouble using the claw of a claw hammer.

They held the awning securely, though, in windy conditions.

 

[mistermac]

Hi

I'd go for the screwpegs too - BUT....

You'll need a hefty cordless to put them IN to the ground. As Alan said earlier - better to hammer them in and then use the drill to unscrew them.

They DO hold - we were nearly blown over the Catbells at Easter...but the screwpegs held everything where it should be.

Mind - the storm straps that were attached to the awning were secured with two of those screw-in doggy-tethers (

 

[Tram]

The one job is really do not like is hammering in the awning pegs when setting up. In the hope it makes things easier I have bought a box of 50, M8 x 150long, coach bolts and a box of 100, 40mm dia washers from Leofixings. They were cheap but i may have wasted my money. Time will tell.