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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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.
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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
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.
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
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.
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.
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