I have tried using the common screw pegs on hard standing with little success. They just seem to spin like crazy but not grip and screw in.
I have this type bought from Aldi a while back so not a major outlay, but a total waste of money in my view.
But maybe my insertion technique is wrong. I'm using a cordless drill and even at low speed they don't grip and screw in. So I ended up banging them in.
Has anyone managed to get them to screw in on hardstandings?
I have seen other types such a Peggy Pegs which look a bit better, but very expensive. £18.22 for 2. Although you can get smaller ones for £14.22 for 4 but you need to hammer them in. Kind of defeats the object.
Peggy Peg also do a plastic fibre glass version but I suspect they would disintegrate in a typical hardstanding pitch.
Anyone found any pegs that screw in with minimum effort and hold? Or can someone explain how they manage with the common screw pegs?
Does anyone use an impact driver to screw in pegs? Does that help get them in.
Screw-in pegs are fine until they hit a stone, then they stop. I use them on grass pitches but find them useless on hard surfaces. It’s one reason why we prefer grass pitches.
That's what I have found. They go in an inch or two then just spin and go nowhere. So I then resort to bashing with the lump hammer which totally defeats the object of using screw pegs. I agree I prefer a grass pitch if possible, but on many sites that isn't an option. So I was looking as an easy way to insert pegs.
This seems to be the last obstacle in awning putting up. Air poles have taken away the hassle of putting the awning but it still needs to be pegged down. Which has always been the hardest part.
Thank you Ian for your insightful post. I too use rock pegs and lump hammer. I am also sure you are far from being alone in your method of inserting pegs. However the thread is about screw pegs, not rock pegs. The clue was in the title.
I too have a set of Aldi screw ins.
They are still in their box, unopened.
If they are as bad as you say Bob, and I still have the receipt, they can go back for a refund!
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I couldn't get them to work, but was hoping loads would post and say I was doing it wrong. I'm beginning to think that they are a crock of sh$t. Maybe you need to take them back. lol
I'm under the impression (rightly or wrongly?) that the theory behind rock pegs is multiple taps (preferably at speed) with a lumps hammer (as opposed to heavy blows). Obviously this depends on the actual type of hardstanding, but theory goes that such an approach will crack/smash/shatter any stones, and the peg is free to continue.
With these threaded pegs, and particularly the very coarse-threaded ones, as in the second photo, one may assume such a destructive action may not be possible, and said peg would likely, at best, divert around said stone, thus sending the peg off in all directions!
Maybe a hammer drill would be an improvement on one with no-hammer action... and a finer threaded peg?
I'll stick with sort sharp taps with a lump hammer (to my "Hard ground" pegs) until I see more (generally) positive comments regarding these screw-in type.
I'm beginning to think that way as well, but maybe rather than a lump hammer a cordless SDS hammer drill or possibly an impact driver may work better than an ordinary drill even with hammer capability. The drill may be good for steadies but in my view the rotation is too fast for the screwpegs and they just spin without gripping and pulling the peg in.
My take on this (not that I am an expert on hardstandings) is that a hardstanding is not a solid structure, it is a load of compacted stones or ballast usually. Therefore, a screw thread will have nothing solid to pull itself into the ground on and will just dislodge the stones and likely to make quite a large hole in the process.
You could try hammering them in and then use the drill for unscrewing them on departure but despite the annoying comment I also think you would do better with ordinary rock pegs.
I'm just back from Southern Spain where the ground was the hardest I've ever encountered. Once I thought the pitch was a slab of concrete.
Our first pitch I hammered in rock pegs with great difficulty and also bending a couple in the process, but the worst was trying to extract them later. Took me much toil and some choice language.
I have though a set of screw-in pegs that I've never used much, so I gave them another go. Much easier than hammering (though it did discharge my drill), but getting them back was a complete doddle.
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I suppose it depends on the ground and the screw pitch. Mine look like long wood screw pitch which I would say was not the right spacing to screw into hardcore. I know the specification for hardcore is that only about 25% should be rocks bigger than 60cm. I seem to bang into nearly all of the 25%. lol and bent a few pegs on the way.
This thread is not about rock pegs, which we all know work just fine if the effort is expended to bang them in. I'm trying to find a lazy way of pegging I guess, so that I can sit with my beer sooner and not be knackered. Although I'm sure the exercise is good for me.
Quote: Originally posted by boblynn on 04/8/2018
Thank you Ian for your insightful post. I too use rock pegs and lump hammer. I am also sure you are far from being alone in your method of inserting pegs. However the thread is about screw pegs, not rock pegs. The clue was in the title.
Pardon me, I'm sure!
I have a bag full of screw pegs of various types that haven't been used for years for the same reasons stated in this thread.
I'm finding it hard with getting the right pegs too. I bought a brand new tent all with shiny new steel v shape pegs used them once on a grass pitch and everyone of them is bent into a L shape my sister in law used rock pegs and they had to practically dig them out they were stuck solid
I bought some screw pegs thinking they would be really easy. I was wrong. On a really hard pitch I put them in a bit with a hammer and then use my drill, they need to have 6 or 7 cm in the ground before the drill will get them in any further.
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Topic: Screw Pegs
