rock pegs - help needed

[David_374357515]

Hi

over time i have broke quite a few of the plastic caps / lugs that at attached to the end of my rock pegs.

Does anyone know where i can get replacements from???

Or does any one have any alternative suggestions as to what to use instead.

Cheers

David

 

[RogerL]

The rock pegs I use have steel cross-bars, haven't broken one yet.

 

[David_374357515]

I have a few of these also - no problems with this sort but they a thin and light weight compared to the solid thick ones with the plastic caps (the caps are green in colour)

 

[Frank_374237154]

I seem to break off 3 or 4 plastic lugs each time I pack up.

I have just trialled screwpegs and have to say I am converted.You screw these into the ground and screw them out again with a power drill with a convertor on the end.

They seem expensive until you work out how much you are spending on replacement rock pegs because you cannot get spare lugs.

 

[Happy-Lappy]

David,

The way I get around this problem is to use steel washers under the lugs, then when you have to extract them from the ground, you can use a claw hammer,

bet regards, Martin

 

[Dustydog]

Hi Frank

I was converted to screwpegs 3 years ago.

On hardstandings I hammer them in. It's easier , quicker and as you say they unscrew with the cordless drill with no effort.

Cheers

Alan

 

[woodsieboy]

Hi

With reference to screw in pegs, we use zinc coated coach screws from B&Q, lot cheaper, long ones for the awning, short ones with big washers for the ground sheet,hammer them into the hardstanding and unscrew them when it's time to go.

 

[WatsonJohnG]

I do the same with black roofing washers on the B & Q screws

They look like Pontefract cakes but last longer

 

[waffler]

I've tried to find a source of the green tops for 3 years to no avail. These pegs are the best but only when not broken. Good idea about washers though.

 

[Garfield]

I use 6" coachscrews from screwfix with a wingnut driven past the threads to sit loose on the threadles shank, I would never hammer them in as the whole point of using screwpegs is that you can "wiggle" them around the stones as you drive them in

 

[COLIN_5095629]

david

i have same problem,so i now replace the broken plastic cap with a plastic screw bottle top ,drill a 11m.m hole in it ,you can get yellow ones which show up better in the dark,they dont smash if you hit them ,like the original tops.hope this helps you out

colin.