Hello all,i am not exactly new to caravanning but i normally use all grass sights. Next year i am going onto hard standing with pea shingle for the awning, what sort of pegs do you suggest i use for the awning,also are there any other problems that i might incure. Thanks FRED.
type of pegs
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Hello Fred, I use screw pegs. Good for grass and hard standings. Also easy to put in. Try Screw pegs.com or Towsure do a cheaper peg but just as good. Screwpegs.com do a kit for about
Hi,
there can be problems with screw pegs when used on sites which have rocks/stones just underneath the hardsatnding gravel. eg Meathop Fell, C&C site in Galloway etc. I hav efound the rock pegs ( spiral twisted hardened steel) to be best, but sometimes on really wet ground they can find grip hard to come by, so I bought 10 very long steel awning pegs that must be 10 inches long. These I use to anchor the corners and parts of the front. Also awning tie downs are really useful too. Finally I always carry some guy rope cord and spare pegs so that I can put extra pegs in if required by bad weather. You can't believe the winds power and having to address an awning problem in the night is no joke. Also you should check the awning when it isn up to ensure that water wil run off and not pool. Some large awnings can exhibita tendency to pool and can be very difficult to tension manually. I keep a Hercules tool handy just to give that extra *** if required.
Cheers
Other Clive
there can be problems with screw pegs when used on sites which have rocks/stones just underneath the hardsatnding gravel. eg Meathop Fell, C&C site in Galloway etc. I hav efound the rock pegs ( spiral twisted hardened steel) to be best, but sometimes on really wet ground they can find grip hard to come by, so I bought 10 very long steel awning pegs that must be 10 inches long. These I use to anchor the corners and parts of the front. Also awning tie downs are really useful too. Finally I always carry some guy rope cord and spare pegs so that I can put extra pegs in if required by bad weather. You can't believe the winds power and having to address an awning problem in the night is no joke. Also you should check the awning when it isn up to ensure that water wil run off and not pool. Some large awnings can exhibita tendency to pool and can be very difficult to tension manually. I keep a Hercules tool handy just to give that extra *** if required.
Cheers
Other Clive
Yes I agree fully with Other Clive. Take bad weather seriously when you are caravanning. Especially during the winter months when weather can change in an instant. Remember that caravans can and will move in high gale force winds, and enough rain bulging in an awning roof WILL collapse the awning, and buckle poles beyond repair, apart from ruining everything inside the awning.
Getting up at 4am on a freezing cold winter morning to deal with a rain bulged or wind wrecked awning is NO joke at all. Setting it up can be time consuming, especially with the larger awnings, and I'd consider extra sets of roof and ground support poles for longer length awnings to reduce the spans between them. It's worth the extra effort to get it right.
As to pegs, buy the longest and strongest you can get hold of, and anchor them firmly. Government surplus stores are good sources of 'proper' pegs. Plastic ones.....forget them. Lovely in the height of summer in good weather but otherwise...totally useless. If you are on a particularly windy site then use steel 'marquee style' metal stakes to anchor the caravan legs down as well as the awning. Chuck out that silly 'guy rope string' that the awning manufacturers give you. It's a complete waste of space. Get some real rope and anchor it to some substantial guy rope pegs.
That way, you can lie there listening to the wind howling, and the rain lashing your caravan without a care in the world.
Getting up at 4am on a freezing cold winter morning to deal with a rain bulged or wind wrecked awning is NO joke at all. Setting it up can be time consuming, especially with the larger awnings, and I'd consider extra sets of roof and ground support poles for longer length awnings to reduce the spans between them. It's worth the extra effort to get it right.
As to pegs, buy the longest and strongest you can get hold of, and anchor them firmly. Government surplus stores are good sources of 'proper' pegs. Plastic ones.....forget them. Lovely in the height of summer in good weather but otherwise...totally useless. If you are on a particularly windy site then use steel 'marquee style' metal stakes to anchor the caravan legs down as well as the awning. Chuck out that silly 'guy rope string' that the awning manufacturers give you. It's a complete waste of space. Get some real rope and anchor it to some substantial guy rope pegs.
That way, you can lie there listening to the wind howling, and the rain lashing your caravan without a care in the world.
sorry to disagree with my friends...but please try this idea...I leave my awning up for 3 month seasonal pitch on hard standing south west scotland...no problem.....plastic pegs,firstly drive in a blunt screwdriver,making a hole,then remove screwdriver and hit in plastic peg,beuty of plastic pegs is they can move and swerve about getting a really good grip.....honest the screwdriver tip will work wonders,an old guy told me about it ages ago
I have a wide selection of pegs but find the long screwpegs best for all round performance.
I hammer them into hard ground and find unscrewing them so easy. No more hard tugging. Not particularly cheap but they are good and have never pulled out of the ground even in stormy weather.
Cheers
Alan
I hammer them into hard ground and find unscrewing them so easy. No more hard tugging. Not particularly cheap but they are good and have never pulled out of the ground even in stormy weather.
Cheers
Alan
Best not to.I carry a selection but prefer to use rock pegs.If you live anywhere in the midlands go to Jacksons of Old Arley as they have quite a selection of different pegs which you can buy individually.
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