Screw pegs.

[Thingy]

Screw pegs, in short are the any good.

With back and now knee wrecked pegging is the hardest bit for me. Just been to a site that even with my beef on the lump hammer the hard baked and rocky ground was in no mood for surrender. As we have booked for next year i wondered about trying them.

 

[Robtel]

Been using screw pegs for a good few years and have been impressed with the way they seem to grip and hold in the ground..... but.... I find the easiest way to put them in, especially on hardstandings, is with a hammer. I take them back out with the cordless drill but definitely hammer to get them in.
I’ve got a dodgy knee ( and other bits) as well and bought one of those folding garden kneeler things last year specifically to use when pegging out the awning. Found it really helpful, as well as having the padded area to rest your knees on it also has the metal supports at both ends which help with the repeated getting up and back down again. When finished pegging out turn it over and it becomes a small stool. Noticed a big difference to my knee and hip when using it to peg out the awning.

 

[Woodentop]

Screw pegs, in short are the any good.

With back and now knee wrecked pegging is the hardest bit for. Just been to a site that even with my beef on the lump hammer the hard baked and rocky ground was in no mood for surrender. As we have booked for next year i wondered about trying them.

We stayed at Normanhurst Court in May and bent nine out of twenty supposedly hard pegs trying to put up our porch awning. I would advise anyone not to buy a kit but rather buy individual pegs - the so-called rock pegs with the black top and about 8mm diameter are a darn sight stronger and last well. Unfortunately they don't have a nut on the top, but using the plastic T-bar they are quite easy to twist by hand and come out after a couple of turns. A cheap 1.25Kg lump hammer from Screwfix puts them in easy enough.

 

[Grey13]

I use these and find them easy to peg and remove. I have 8" and 10" + some 12" ones. I put them in using a 800 g hammer and pull them out with a pair of water pump pliers gripping the s/s washer. So far never broken one of the plastic bits and they are cheap as chips. https://www.practicalcaravan.com/forum/general/55571-awning-canopy-pegs#443153

 

[woodsieboy]

To remove our awning pegs we have a long handle peg puller, no bending down , it is made by Kampa and fully recommend it.

 

[Beehpee]

Hi Grey, I just looked at your original post for the groundhog pegs, it was 7 months ago and you bought them at 4.99 for 25, not such a bargain now at 8.99 for 25, quite a jump but good pegs all the same.

BP

 

[Mel]

Best pegs we have are Halfords groundhog pegs. They were on offer recently, £2.50 for 8. I think. When it is windy screws pegs pull out of the hard standing on our seasonal pitch. These Halfords pegs don’t budge.
Mel