Tent pegs for the beach

I agree Dave, BCF pegs are good and only about $3 each Michael

Hi Fred,

Star pickets are great - I however prefer the black plastic ones, . You'll need to go to a farm supplies place to source them as regular hardware stores don't in my experience have them.

Cut them up and you've got what I reckon are the best ever sand pegs. They are light, easy to carry without damaging other gear and tough.

cheers

Haven't seen the plastic star pickets, Phil, but I'll be checking with our "Local Bloke" to see if he has any. Certainly better for weight.

I have always used the old type, as they can take plenty of punishment, and if they get stuck the tug soon pulls them out.

Cheers mate.

Hi Fred,
Yep, the good old star picket.
I carry 6 of them, about 600mm long, welded a piece of 40mm cut chain link just down from the top in the back of the picket to attach the rope. Got yellow safety caps for the top to stop ya ripping open ya foot.

Dave,By The Way, Why would ya need such a thing out your way?
Have the floods washed that much of QLD down your way that it's become a beach? LOL.

I got your email about the Gathering, just talking to fysh about it now.
Looking forward to it.

Jon, also good to hold the van to terra firma if it gets a tad windy.

I think Dave's got something planned for the big corroborree in Nov. LOL

Either that, or he's expecting something we don't know about ?????

Yes they do Fred, lived in Byron & Ballina for quiet a few years and know how to tie down a Van. Hmmm, remember seeing caravans tied down after a cyclone had gone through and only a chassis was left.

The boggles as to what he may have planned.

Bunnings stock plastic star pickets.

Gazz........we're singing in tune mate :~))

Beauty is, if the wind gets up, a few taps with the axe on each picket tends to fix things.

Hey Fred - I use them not only for sand but in rocky ground to - have shorter ones for that. I also carry a star picket that I've cut down to 150 mm and sharpened the end to chisel point for when the missus bakes a cake I can use it combined with a 6lb mash hammer to crack the outer black crusty layer of cake wide enough to get one of my knives in far enough to cut bits that resemble slices !

Cheers

Gazz

They resemble my dampers mate :~))

Hi RobA, I agree the 2 yellow pegs supplied with my Polaris Innovations awning a couple of years ago have never pulled out of the sand up Teewah Beach and I have been in a few storms there. The only problem I had was with the size of the eye hole and hook, they are too thick for the spring eyes on the guy ropes so I got a couple of aluminium carabineers(?spelling) about 1-1/2" long. I have not tried to hammer them into hard ground, usually use 1/" steel ones.
Cheers
Rob Mac

Hi Harry,
Back home, after last time I stayed in my dads caravan annex and it nearly got blown away, 4 pegs in each holder didnt help at all, we bought some of those yellow plastic pegs for holding in the sand and although expensive, they seemed to work well. Was only requiring one peg in each, as opposed to 4 of the normal type.
I went looking for some sand pegs for the awning and tent we use with our campervan here in Europe, but couldnt see the same type.
I did however see the 'spiral' type you mention and on an impulse I bought them.
I do have to admit, that I really thought they would be for hard or solid ground, where instead of trying to bash/hammer in a tent peg, you could screw these ones in and lock them down. (Handy I thought)
I did not realise they are for sand. I really thought for hard ground types.
I was still on the look out for the same pegs we bought for my dad, but might stick with these 'spiral' type.

Are they suitable for hard ground also?

Cheers Paul

G'day,
Good for any ground, sometimes want to turn a little whilst hammering in, but not really a problem.

Timber pegs work very well in sand.

we mainly use the metal type pegs similar to link already posted previously to hold things like our 6mtr X 3mtr shelter down when camped on Fraser Island. we have encountered some pretty serious winds there at times, and the pressed metal pegs don't ever come loose, only the plastic ones (only used when run out of metal ones) seem to come out of the ground.
pic below shows the pegs we take for camping in the sand, i have seen alloy pegs similar to the pressed metal ones we own, they would be better for keeping the weight down, but i've not used them myself, so can't comment on how they perform.
below is a pic of the pegs we own, plastic ones we used on the old dome tent, but the metal type work a thousand times better, and are my first choice for holding stuff in the sand

As mentioned, try timber pegs, you will be surprised.