Peggy Pegs - How to use them
This page to designed to highlight the advantages of using Peggy Pegs over conventional metal pegs, as well as highlighting some of the limitations, thus avoiding damage, and disappointment. The Peggy Peg range of screw in tent pegs and awning accessories are available in 16 countries world wide and proving very popular in all areas of camping and 4 wheel driving.
Peggy Pegs - How to use them
The pegs are manufactured from reinforced plastic, and so, if excessive force is applied, they may break. To avoid damage, I keep my Ryobi cordless drill at a torque setting of 8 for the standard peg, and reduce it further for the small peg. But these settings are presumably different for different makes of drill. In hard ground it is important to use the Predill tools, supplied in the starter kits, when using the plastic pegs or better still we recommend the HardCore pegs.
One of the features of the pegs is that they do not need to be driven all the way into the ground, if they won’t go any further, it means they are well anchored, and ready to do their work.
The pegs are slightly flexible with good torque resistance. They will twist through approx. 60 degrees before breaking
and when you feel the peg twisting, you know that it's securely anchored in place ready to do its job. This photo demonstrates a peg torqued through approx 60 degrees, plus the bend that can easily be seen.
When the peg is securely anchored, simply move the blue clip down to ground level and click it in to place this will ensure that the guy rope is anchored at the optimum location – nearest the ground, and simply attach your guy rope.
The blue plastic ‘driving socket’ – part of the PP06 Combo tool – these may also be broken if over torqued. The handle section has a spanner socket, and is ideal for getting the last bit of ‘grip’ into the ground, and you will feel the peg flexing, and know that if you continue to try and tighten it, it will most likely shear.
There is a cast aluminium driver unit (HP66) which is very robust and is ideal for driving the larger heavy duty pegs, and is now included in the standard 'Starter Kit' (PP03).
The large Plastic peg (PP12) is more resistant to torque, but again its reinforced plastic and may break if excessive torque is applied. That said, I've never managed to break one despite overriding the torque setting when drilling in a PP12 peg However - There is an aluminium (PP13) version of the large plastic peg, and you simply will not break it – it is more likely to twist the drill out of your hand – in my experience.
If you are thinking of heavy duty, I would definitely recommend both the aluminium peg and aluminium drill adapter unit – HP66
One further thought for hard compacted stoney ground, is to try pre-drilling a pilot hole with a 6mm (for the small pegs) or 10mm masonry drill, just to break up a really tough rocky road-base type of ground, such that the pegs can get a deep bite into the sub-surface and allow a secure anchor point.
Of course, you can use any method of screw the pegs in – socket set, spanners, speed bar, whatever works for you, we’re just making you aware of what we can offer.
And finally, for really rough stony ground we have the squat HardCoare peg (HP61) that is hammered-in and screwed out. This may seem a contradiction in terms, but trust me they play a valuable role in securing equipment in the really tough well compacted rocky ground, that normally bends conventional pegs.
Good camping, and feel free to let us know how you find the range of products, and if you have any interesting or unusual photos, we'd love to see them / share them with other Peggy Peg users.
Recent responses to this request -
These pegs are the best thing ever , I suffer from arthritis and because of that I struggle with hammering pegs in and pulling them out, not to mention having to pull them out after only one day, but these peggy pegs are so easy to put in and take out, no trouble at all for me and they stay in place no movement at all.
I would recommend them to anyone and have already recommended them to a few people this past weekend. I will be looking at other products from these guys as they have a great range and it all makes my camping experience that much more enjoyable.
Regards
Paul
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