Posted on 06/05/2019 21:15
Hi all, I am not new to caravanning but am new to pitching a awning on a hardstanding. I have a chance to holiday on a site with only hardstandings and hardly any grass. So the awning would be on the hard surface as well. My question is what do I need in the way of pegs etc which is different from what is used on a grass pitch. Thanks David
Posted on 10/05/2019 11:31 by MilothedogThat's why I said you can bash them in as well, best of both worlds then as you can just unscrew them with the cordless when packing up.
My approach is if they don't go in on the first or second attempt then out comes special tool #Hickory 2LB.
They have not failed me yet and are a lot cheaper than buying those sets of 12 or so that come in a little case.
Posted on 17/05/2019 00:33
Oh I did try knocking screw peg in at Conkers - with a lump hammer. The peg wouldn't go in, and I lost the bottom section of the threads. I didn't want to ruin the other pegs, so as I was going to end up hitting them in I used the ordinary steel ones. This is Conkers we are talking about - the hardest hardstandings I have ever experienced. One step away from concrete - and not really sure of which side of concrete!!! 
David
Posted on 17/05/2019 06:23
Anyone who tells you how easy they are to remove, is either a weight lifter or a lot less experienced with tricky bases than we are.
I am not a weight lifter nor unexperienced with extracting pegs from hardstanding. I always found it simple with a good steel shafted claw hammer amd no effort. Hook the ears under the head and stand on the striking head. No effort as body weight and leverage moves the peg easily no matter how tight.
Posted on 17/05/2019 06:23 byAnyone who tells you how easy they are to remove, is either a weight lifter or a lot less experienced with tricky bases than we are.
I am not a weight lifter nor unexperienced with extracting pegs from hardstanding. I always found it simple with a good steel shafted claw hammer amd no effort. Hook the ears under the head and stand on the striking head. No effort as body weight and leverage moves the peg easily no matter how tight.
Posted on 17/05/2019 18:50 by MilothedogI think some people are a bit more practical than others.
Posted on 23/05/2019 17:37
When you’ve graduated to this;
https://www.diy.com/departments/magnusson-steel-wrecking-bar-l-14-/1782727_BQ.prd
pivoted on a wooden fulcrum and stood on, and they are still hard to remove, we can explore the meaning of difficult.
Posted on 23/05/2019 17:37 by jennycWhen you’ve graduated to this;
https://www.diy.com/departments/magnusson-steel-wrecking-bar-l-14-/1782727_BQ.prd
pivoted on a wooden fulcrum and stood on, and they are still hard to remove, we can explore the meaning of difficult.
Posted on 23/05/2019 17:37 by jennycWhen you’ve graduated to this;
https://www.diy.com/departments/magnusson-steel-wrecking-bar-l-14-/1782727_BQ.prd
pivoted on a wooden fulcrum and stood on, and they are still hard to remove, we can explore the meaning of difficult.
Posted on 23/05/2019 18:13 byA useless bit of kit really as with my method there is no effort. Just stand on the hammer head and, in my case 10.75stones of force is applied with no effort. I don't need a lever arm to apply force to
Posted on 23/05/2019 18:35
A bit confusing really ET,
JC's own quote from a post in this thread.
"To clarify - many bases, but not all, will take rock pegs easily. In my view, the effort required to bend a rock peg is too much. And we’ve had plenty of bends over the years. All bases will succumb to steel screw pegs. For the hardest of all basis, you will benefit from hitting screw pegs part way in, to help the screw take when you drill. In every case, removal with a drill is much quicker and easier than pulling/ levering/ using fulcrums etc."
Posted on 23/05/2019 18:35 by MilothedogA bit confusing really ET,
JC's own quote from a post in this thread.
"To clarify - many bases, but not all, will take rock pegs easily. In my view, the effort required to bend a rock peg is too much. And we’ve had plenty of bends over the years. All bases will succumb to steel screw pegs. For the hardest of all basis, you will benefit from hitting screw pegs part way in, to help the screw take when you drill. In every case, removal with a drill is much quicker and easier than pulling/ levering/ using fulcrums etc."
davetom