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.

 

[realgandy]

Thanks everyone- some food for thought, will look around. I like the idea of pegs that drill in and out, that does look interesting.

 

[Brains]

I always peg out to the grass.

If I owned a campsite I'd get really annoyed if people were driving pegs into my hardstanding area, as it will break up the foundations over time.

 

[realgandy]

First trip away after this post and I must say I am very very pleased.

Screw in rock pegs, screwed in with electric screwdriver\drill. It’s a game changer. Took about 15 mins in total to get the thing attached, blown up and pegged out.

Thanks for all the advice.

 

[ROCHESB]

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

I used to use a 2lb lump hammer and steel pegs

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[Barriesimpson]

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.

We use metal pegs 8 or so inches long (big fat nails basically) and put them in at an angle. Normally one per leg, but if it looks like there might be wind, two on each leg. They came with the Fiamma awning.

 

[Barriesimpson]

I know it may sound odd...but pouring a litre or 2 of water on where you want to pop the peg in and waiting a few minutes (say a glass of wine) might help?...has for me in the past.

A few minutes for a glass of wine? Amateur.

 

[Barriesimpson]

Or why not drink a bottle of wine ,swing the lump hammer up ,hit yourself in the face ,drop lump hammer on foot ,hop around for a while ,then have a little lie down and groan ,get back up ,find lump hammer and pegs ,stagger around swearing and carefully drive peg through foot ,scream while awaiting ambulance

Wow! Is that a movie on Netflix?