Hi has anyone used these? After struggling with really hard ground on grass pitches this summer I thought these might be a solution to an aching back. I've been told some are useless whilst others are really good and it depends on the make and manufacturing. Has anyone any suggestions which ones to try. Thanks.
i got the aldi ones for hubby, along with the attachment for his drill, so far he still uses his mallet! he tried them a few times and said it was too awkward when doing the porches pegs that go slightly under the caravan
We bought M10 Coach Screws from Toolstation, I think 200mm long and we bang them in with a lump hammer and screw them out with the drill. They never bend or deform no matter how hard the ground and you can use penny washers to hold the elastics in place although we bought bright orange peg tops from eBay which we like better.
I bought a set of Blue Diamond screw-in pegs for use on hardstanding pitches, and a better drill with hammer action, as my cheapo Lidl drill does not have that and I struggled to get the pegs into the ground.
Need a 13mm drill adaptor too for the pegs.
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Quote: Originally posted by fredM on 15/8/2022
Now that sounds like a great idea, can you not screw them in as well.
Well yes, that's more of a practical idea to me rather than just hammering the screw pegs in because it's defeating the object basically as it's the actual thread that grips the hard soil and secures the pegs in place. Just driving them in making a round hole is a bit pointless really which there is no benefit from replacing and using the plain smooth straight pegs.
Quote: Originally posted by fredM on 15/8/2022
Now that sounds like a great idea, can you not screw them in as well.
We screw them in if the ground allows but usually hardstanding pitches are so hard that screwing them in would wreck our cordless drill which doesn’t have the (strength???) to cope.
The reason we like them, even if we do have to bang them in with a hammer, is that they don’t seem to bend or deform. We have a bag of old bent rock pegs of various brands which we used to spend ages trying to straighten, only to have them bend again the next time they were used. We have had this set of coach screws for 3 years now and they have been in and out of about a dozen hardstanding pitches and not one is even slightly out of shape.
Quote: Originally posted by fredM on 15/8/2022
Now that sounds like a great idea, can you not screw them in as well.
Well yes, that's more of a practical idea to me rather than just hammering the screw pegs in because it's defeating the object basically as it's the actual thread that grips the hard soil and secures the pegs in place. Just driving them in making a round hole is a bit pointless really which there is no benefit from replacing and using the plain smooth straight pegs.
Believe me, they grip, even when hammered in! They are impossible to pull out with a peg puller which is why we screw them out with the drill. When we need a new drill I will look for a more powerful one that might cope with putting the pegs in as well.
Have two sets of Blue Diamond regularly screw them in and out on hard standing pitches as these are all we use. With spine problems makes life easier than bending knocking pegs in. Have drill with two batteries but one is more than enough to put them in and out again two times before any need for battery change
Thanks for your reply birdman, had a look on eBay, seem to be a reasonable price, but doesn't mention an adaptor? If not included what size would I need.
Screw in Rock Pegs are pretty much the only pegs I use these days, have migrated UP from feeble wire pegs through all the options over the years, now find the screw pegs to be the best and most durable. I screw them in and out with a battery drill on ORDINARY DRILL setting. But I use a 5.5mm diameter long masonry bit to pre-drill a hole in troublesome hardstandings and the like. I'm an engineer, so I like to do things 'properly' and hammering in screws just doesn't sit at all well with me!
Screw Rock Pegs are nothing special, they are only standard Coach Screws (available from any decent hardware store) with a usually plastic 'hook' fitted, you can I believe even buy the loose hooks off ebay. You can use standard Coach Screws with a Penny Washer (to stop guy lines etc. slipping off) just as effectively, in fact the hooks are a nuisance if using on anchor loops attached to flysheets as they rotate and snag, so basic screws are better!
Many of the sets of screw pegs come complete with the drill adaptor, but a 13mm A/F (across flats) adaptor fits all the many pegs (from different sources) I've got.
Can't say I've noticed any difference in quality across the different brands I've got, in fact despite the differing brand names, many look identical, which is no surprise, as most brands are only traders, NOT true manufacturers, so probably from a common source.
The standard Coach Screws I got were M8x150 (the longest M8 size I could find), and pack of 10 Penny washers, from Toolstation for under £5 the lot.
Sometimes rather than being too hard, the ground is too soft, sandy or loose gravel, then I often find a pair of plain rock pegs driven in 'crossed' at about 60 degrees to each other works best. The screw pegs churn up the loose ground too much and don't really bed in well.
Quote: Originally posted by fredM on 16/8/2022
Thanks for your reply birdman, had a look on eBay, seem to be a reasonable price, but doesn't mention an adaptor? If not included what size would I need.
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