Looks pretty solid.Tie downs are only as good as your ground pegs.
I use bent reo bars, 15 mm thick, at 45 degrees, 45 cm long,and anti corrosion paint
to stop rust on the ropes. They don't bend easy. Ground point on them.
Found reinforcing rod at the tip, $3.00; the hardest part was
bending. Good for hard ground.
03_troopy said
09:40 AM Dec 8, 2013
in some places where the ground is very hard we have used very large gal nails used for nailing into sleepers for landscaping. You'd never be able to bang in thick pegs without a full sized sledge hammer.
Radar said
09:10 AM Dec 11, 2013
Hi All good morning.
Reading this Post I will today go out and add the hooks to my awning, it will be neater and my wife can place the rope onto the hooks and peg out the awning if I am not about. Thank you.
As for the hard ground, in the early seventies we were camping with the tent out Central NSW along comes this big caravan, he gets the electric drill out to lower legs and then while trying to erect the awning after bending a few pegs in the hard ground he then proceeds to use the drill to predrill the holes for the 20 or so pegs.
Most entertaining. Cheers
grahos said
01:25 PM Mar 17, 2014
I have gleaned some ideas from here,I always carry a sledge hammer,those pegs are hard to get in sometimes,
the drilling holes is a great idea to help start the pegs.
oldboar said
09:10 AM Apr 7, 2014
I'm lazy & sick of bending pegs. Simply use 10" framing screws fitted with washers with an 18V hammer drill to screw them in. If the ground is solid rock, I drill an 8mm hole with a long masonry bit then drop in a standard 8mm peg. Have found the framing screws work as well as pegs in most ground & far better in broken rock, etc. when it's time for removal simply reverse the rotation on the drill & screw them out. From experience an 18V two speed reversible battery drill is best.
Darrell
jules47 said
04:17 PM Apr 7, 2014
We use the same method as Oldboar - thanks for the tip Darrell - makes life so much easier, and keeps the awning nice and steady. Going to get some shorter ones to anchor the ground mat down as well.
03_troopy said
06:45 PM Apr 8, 2014
Oldboar, what do you mean by framing screws? Do you mean the hex head type timber screws, or something more specialised? A pic would be great if you wouldn't mind.
Cheers
Bob
Vic41 said
08:11 PM Apr 8, 2014
bloomoon wrote:
Pics
I used something similar, but used the eye bolts instead of hooks, same snap on hooks as you though.
I bought mine from Bunnings....
oldboar said
07:26 AM Apr 9, 2014
03_troopy wrote:
Oldboar, what do you mean by framing screws? Do you mean the hex head type timber screws, or something more specialised? A pic would be great if you wouldn't mind. Cheers Bob
There you go, Bob. Hardest bit was finding the 6mm driving bit to suit.
OK, now i got ya oldboar. Looks like they'd work well too
mongrel said
06:31 AM Apr 11, 2014
I finally know now what people have been talking about before when it came to tent pegs . Just another item to add to the ever growing list of things needed too make it more easy . I can.t count how many pegs I have destroyed while camping. The pic oldboar, explains a lot to me .Makes more sense to make a small guide hole.
I learn a lot from the GNs on this site .Thanks a lot people..
Mongrel
oldboar said
07:25 AM Apr 11, 2014
Don't need a guide hole Alan, just screw them in with the hammer drill. They hold better than pegs the same size & far easier to put in, pull out.
Darrell
mongrel said
05:13 PM Apr 11, 2014
Thanks for that Darrell ,the mind did not even pick up on that..
When we get our van and tug towards the end of the year we should be like you pros
and have very little trouble hahaha,
Mongrel.
Legendts said
08:33 PM Apr 22, 2014
Have you seen the barrel anchors from Vans 11? Slides into the awning barrel groove then you wrap the seat belt webbing around the barrel. Excellent product.
ken thomas said
05:03 PM Apr 23, 2014
Aldi had them on special last week $10 for 20 bolts plus a bolt puller
Ken
Cruising Cruze said
07:23 PM Apr 23, 2014
@ Ken ( Dun Wurkun )
Were the are the same as the type as the one's fro Darrel ??
Cheers John
BTW got 20 like the one's Darrel is using plus 15 short ones for the outdoor carpet
Pics
-- Edited by bloomoon on Sunday 13th of October 2013 12:02:39 PM
I use bent reo bars, 15 mm thick, at 45 degrees, 45 cm long,and anti corrosion paint
to stop rust on the ropes. They don't bend easy. Ground point on them.
Found reinforcing rod at the tip, $3.00; the hardest part was
bending. Good for hard ground.
Hi All good morning.
Reading this Post I will today go out and add the hooks to my awning, it will be neater and my wife can place the rope onto the hooks and peg out the awning if I am not about. Thank you.
As for the hard ground, in the early seventies we were camping with the tent out Central NSW along comes this big caravan, he gets the electric drill out to lower legs and then while trying to erect the awning after bending a few pegs in the hard ground he then proceeds to use the drill to predrill the holes for the 20 or so pegs.
Most entertaining. Cheers
the drilling holes is a great idea to help start the pegs.
Darrell
Cheers
Bob
I used something similar, but used the eye bolts instead of hooks, same snap on hooks as you though.
I bought mine from Bunnings....
There you go, Bob. Hardest bit was finding the 6mm driving bit to suit.
Darrell
I learn a lot from the GNs on this site .Thanks a lot people..
Mongrel
Darrell
When we get our van and tug towards the end of the year we should be like you pros
and have very little trouble hahaha,
Mongrel.
Ken
Were the are the same as the type as the one's fro Darrel ??
Cheers John
BTW got 20 like the one's Darrel is using plus 15 short ones for the outdoor carpet