Screw in pegs take 3

Olley46 · Guru

Screw in pegs take 3

Phil C · Guru

G'day Lance

I have the 200mm screws and they have never come out of the ground, but I like the idea of making them longer. I bought a box at the big green shed and use L brackets and D shackles to tie down ropes/straps. Works a treat, best idea ever

Phil C

03_Troopy · Guru

Glad you put up a pic, I was picturing a big coach screw with 2 pointy ends lol.

03_Troopy · Guru

In soft ground and sand, I like the polycarbonate type of pegs. The seem to hold pretty well and not that hard to pull out again. We picked up a few similar to this at a garage sale a while back.

Phil C · Guru

G'day troopy.

There is a rather expensive peg called the blue screw peg that has wide threads on it the evidently is best for soft sand. However totally useless in the harder soils.

I will find a pic and post for you.

Phil C

NeilandRaine · Guru

ALDI have a box of them on sale this week

03_Troopy · Guru

Hi Phil, yeah I have seen pics of them, they look like an auger. The poly pegs work pretty well in the sand though.

aussie_paul · Guru

NeilandRaine wrote:
ALDI have a box of them on sale this week

I got our son Matt to get me two boxes BUT they are useless for anything rigorous!! Matt never kept the receipt so will have to re purpose them!!! biggrin

Aussie Paul. smile

JackieP · Senior Member

haha Troopy was picturing a double pointy ended screw, I guess that's the male thought. I was picturing a 200ml screw with a double hexy end ( 1 end welded ontop of the existing one ).... I guess that's the female thinking. Glad u put a pic in as now I know exactly what u did

Long Weekend · Guru

Hmmm. There is an easier way to get 12-inch screws other than welding two shorter ones together. And as well as being galvanised they are 10 cents cheaper.

Right now on eBay there are packs of 30 twelve inch screws for sale for AUD$35.62 plus AUD$54.37 shipping (scream!) from American seller moparman0110. That makes a total of AUD$89.99, which divided by 30 comes to AUD$3.00 each. EBay conveniently converts US dollars into Australian which I have quoted.

I cannot recall which seller I bought mine from but they weren't galvanised. After I ordered then they only took about two weeks to be delivered.

Just thought I would let everyone know that.

Murray

NeilandRaine · Guru

Thanks. I brought a box but haven't opened them. Bugger didn't keep the receipt

elliemike · Guru

For very soft Sand, eg. as on some beaches. The awning on the 4x4 is a bit of a worry

in even the slightest wind with all the conventional tent pegs.

Was out with our 4x4 club a month ago at Buffalo Beach (Australind WA) the sand was very soft and fluffy. One of the guys had a new awning on his car, I helped him to roll out.

He produced these Spade like Pegs/Anchors. They were magic. So I went home and made a pair the next day. The commercial ones are aluminium with a 2mm Stainless wire guy.

I made mine from 1.6 galv sheet 300mm long the fluke or spade part about 100mm wide (you can work it out from the pics) And used a piece of nylon line as a guy. I might fit a Wire guy when I get around to it. The New pegs work brilliantly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P9n5E0mDksg

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Long Weekend · Guru

Hmmm. There is an easier way to get 12-inch screws other than welding two shorter ones together. And as well as being galvanised they are 10 cents cheaper.

Right now on eBay there are packs of 30 twelve inch x 3/8th inch screws for sale for AUD$35.62 plus AUD$54.37 shipping (scream!) from American seller moparman0110. That makes a total of AUD$89.99, which divided by 30 comes to AUD$3.00 each. EBay conveniently converts US dollars into Australian which I have quoted.

I cannot recall which seller I bought mine from but they weren't galvanised. After I ordered then they only took about two weeks to be delivered.

Just thought I would let everyone know that.

Murray

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briche · Guru

I will pop my comments on this topic again. The best form of anchor in soft ground like sand, etc are the screw in dog tether that you can buy from $2 shops or pet shops. The screw thread is about 300 mm long and looks like a cork screw.but about 50 mm across. You just wind it in to whatever depth you want and attach you'd awning rope to the handle. Easy done And never had one come out of the ground even is soft sand.

if you want I will put up a photo

briche

JackieP · Senior Member

Briche, I have looked at the dog tethers and where they look great for staying in the ground I am in need of something that I can use with the battery drill as arthritis and lack of strength in my hands makes these impractical. as wondering if it is possible to weld a nut to the top of these tethers and use the drill.

Cupie · Guru

elliemike wrote:

For very soft Sand, eg. as on some beaches. The awning on the 4x4 is a bit of a worry

in even the slightest wind with all the conventional tent pegs.
Was out with our 4x4 club a month ago at Buffalo Beach (Australind WA) the sand was very soft and fluffy. One of the guys had a new awning on his car, I helped him to roll out.
He produced these Spade like Pegs/Anchors. They were magic. So I went home and made a pair the next day. The commercial ones are aluminium with a 2mm Stainless wire guy.
I made mine from 1.6 galv sheet 300mm long the fluke or spade part about 100mm wide (you can work it out from the pics) And used a piece of nylon line as a guy. I might fit a Wire guy when I get around to it. The New pegs work brilliantly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P9n5E0mDksg

I'll have a look to see what scraps of sheet metal I have in the workshop. Uses a similar principle to the one involved in burying your spare tyre in soft sand or mud to make a winching point.

My favorite general use light weight pegs are several cut from old stainless steel oven racks. I have my eye out for a couple to use as BBQ grills .. Might have to wait for the next kerb side pick up in the local suburbs.

Will have a look in one of the local pet supermarkets for screw in tethers too.

PEGS ARE A SURPRISINGLY POPULAR TOPIC.

I find that innovating, adapting & inventing gadgets is one of the joys of caravanning.

Olley46 · Guru

BCF have got those pet tethers, I think if you weld a bolt head on top and use a power gun you could be in for a big surprise.

Lance C

JackieP · Senior Member

thanks Lance .. being a totally non techo type person I just wondered if it would work but i'll forgo the big surprise. May still buy a couple for emergencies ( and cos I like to have things that MAY be useful 1 day)