To peg & rope or not??

[Black Diamond]

Am I the only one that uses 150-200 mm coach bolts for hard ground? Just wind them in with a cordless drill or a speed brace. Simples. 

Now that's a great idea thank you I can't tell you how many pegs I've bent to the ****house

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Yeah, that's right Coach bolts.
Battery Drill with a socket drive needed.
Or a battery Drill fitted with a long masonary drill bit.
Make the hole, then fit the peg.
That's a favourite in the centre, people look at ya strange when you use a hammer.

[Bongo]

When I had my Trackabout we used to use bags and other junk stored on top of the bed to hold down the corners for overnight stops. No pegs.

But at Stansbury SA we used to rope down the ropes to stop the whole setup from blowing away!

[sablesoft]

Am I the only one that uses 150-200 mm coach bolts for hard ground? Just wind them in with a cordless drill or a speed brace. Simples. 

I have some 150mm Coach Screws I use for holding the bottom of the annex walls in hard ground

[Bird]

for overnight stops the only ropes i use are the 2 that hold the awning over the front box giving some rain protection to the front window, they get strung around the drawbar so no pegs needed, i could get away without even doing that but for few minutes work it's no effort at all. if staying a few days i'll use ropes on the side awning when i put it up, but the camper itself doesn't need any.

Great advice.

But remember every single tent/awning design is different.

[BernieS]

Got a  nice storm whilst camping at Lake Wallis/Forster  couple of weeks back. Hubby hadn't got round to pegging the annex walls down. As a consequence, partly collapsed annex,  cranky wife  and missing Collie    thankfully all only short lived.