Tell me about awnings, hard standing gravel and pegs.

[realgandy]

Having our nice new awning towards the end of last season was interesting. We stayed at a few sites on gravel hard standing and really struggled with pegs.

The awning came with big chunky plastic pegs and it was such a hard job to get them bashed into the gravel, taking almost as much time per peg as it did to get the awning in the right position! I have a reasonably weighty hard rubber mallet for the pegs.

And as for taking it down at the end… so hard to get the pegs out, had to bash them from side to side and heave like crazy to try to pull them out. A number snapped off just below ground.

So can anyone offer advice for how to get these things properly pegged out when in a gravel hard standing site please?

Thanks in advance.

 

[David and Sally]

We use rock pegs. Come in various sizes.

Like these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Diamond-Hard-Ground-Orange/dp/B00BQZDL0Y/?tag=mhf04-21

 

[Mikeco]

I just use steel pegs and a big hammer, worked in Spain 2 days ago.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

You can get pegs that drill into hard ground but you do need a portable drill as well as the pegs.

 

[Landy Andy]

hard rubber mallet

Ahhh the tool of the uk camper.

Get yourself a proper hammer. I use a claw hammer, then use the claw to pull the pegs

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[Orion]

You can get pegs that drill into hard ground but you do need a portable drill as well as the pegs.

That’s the way I do it. Screw pegs which have an M10 head and a Milwaukee battery driver with the matching socket bit in it.

Similar to this kit but cheaper elsewhere:

Amazon.co.uk

 

[StillGoing]

A lump hammer and rock pegs (although we have had to replace some of the pegs because they were too bent).

 

[Brains]

I have a wind out awning
No walls (although it does have optional sunscreen panels on the front)

On a hardstanding pitch I always try to park so that the awning is over the hard standing, but the fiammia tie down guys are on the grass in-between.
I then only need two pegs, which are boat mooring steaks made from 30cm of rebar.
Put in with a rubber mallet.

I also have rock pegs for the sunscreen

 

[Jewellbags]

Get cast pegs and pour some water where you’re putting the peg in - it works

 

[royandsharont]

Definitely rock pegs that have a thread on them which makes it easy to unscrew out. I have Blue Diamond ones in a nice case which are relatively cheap. I use a claw hammer to prize them free before unscrewing the by hand. Did carry a crowbar too when I had a bigger van with more payload

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[busbuddy]

Or get some proper pegs

 

[Ridgeway]

Not used a hammer since investing in a Peggy Pegs set a few years ago, one of the best things we’ve bought for our van.