What's in your peg arsenal ?
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What's in your peg arsenal ?
What is your go to peg load out to cover varying types of ground.
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Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
9g 6" Ti V pegs in all circumstances - usually 8 if tarp and 7 if Gatewood. Keeps packing simple. Oh and 6 x 6g 4" carbon Stu pegs for bug net if taken.
Not really an arsenal more a sort of quiver .
Not really an arsenal more a sort of quiver .
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Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
4 x 8" Easton golds and 2 x 6" ti shepherd hooks usually
I find the Eastons hold well in the type of ground I camp on
I find the Eastons hold well in the type of ground I camp on
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Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
Eight MSR Groundhog copies that came with a Lanshan tent a while back. The tent went but the stakes stayed. They're really tough so no problem in hard ground and the shape holds well in loose stuff.
I'm just going outside ...
Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
5 - 8inch Ground hogs + 3 - 8 inch Carbon fibre + 3 Ti shepherd hooked stakes just incase I can’t get one of the other stakes into the ground
These are for the Yama mountain gear Swiftline 2 and the Cirriform 1 shelters.
These are for the Yama mountain gear Swiftline 2 and the Cirriform 1 shelters.
Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
I have nine of these and have managed to bend three of them. So quite interested in this thread, as I was thinking of getting a few more...TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:13 am Eight MSR Groundhog copies that came with a Lanshan tent a while back.
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Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
I chop and change depending on the conditions I expect to encounter. It's usually a combination of Alpkit ti V pegs and ti shepherd's hooks with the ratio being dictated by anticipated windstrength and ground softness.
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Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
Sounds like I've just been lucky then. I tend to try to find a flat rock to knock them in if the ground is hard. I'm very good at bending stakes if I try to press them in with my foot.Boab wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:32 amI have nine of these and have managed to bend three of them. So quite interested in this thread, as I was thinking of getting a few more...TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:13 am Eight MSR Groundhog copies that came with a Lanshan tent a while back.
I'm just going outside ...
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Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
A right old (emphasis on the old!) selection.
Aluminium shepherd's hooks
MSR groundhogs (or similar)
v-pegs
Bearbones carbon fibre
Does depend on what I'm pitching and ground conditions.
Aluminium shepherd's hooks
MSR groundhogs (or similar)
v-pegs
Bearbones carbon fibre
Does depend on what I'm pitching and ground conditions.
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Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
Yeah, I can't always find a large rock, so I've been using my foot, which is the problem...TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:55 pmSounds like I've just been lucky then. I tend to try to find a flat rock to knock them in if the ground is hard. I'm very good at bending stakes if I try to press them in with my foot.Boab wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:32 amI have nine of these and have managed to bend three of them. So quite interested in this thread, as I was thinking of getting a few more...TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:13 am Eight MSR Groundhog copies that came with a Lanshan tent a while back.
There are theories at the bottom of my jargon.
Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
These are really good too, they don't come up for sale very often but I always grab a few when they do
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/328072329 ... sitedetail
Great holding power for the size/weight
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/328072329 ... sitedetail
Great holding power for the size/weight
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Re: What's in your peg arsenal ?
use your bike as a mallet.. multi use!Boab wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:18 pmYeah, I can't always find a large rock, so I've been using my foot, which is the problem...TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:55 pm I tend to try to find a flat rock to knock them in if the ground is hard. I'm very good at bending stakes if I try to press them in with my foot.
seriously.
push the peg in by hand. then put the heal on the ground and press down with your toes. you fell if it start bending. or toe on ground and press with heal.
don't just put peg in and stomp down with your foot..
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