What stakes are you using?

[Chuck]

I use mini ground hogs. I that situation, I dig a hole, stick stake into ground at the bottom of the hole and put a rock in the hole and fill with dirt. Reverse procedure in order to LNT.

[T- Minus]

I use the mini ground hog stakes from MSR, they have a slight spiral to them and slightly concave on each leg of the Y, Holds great. the negative is they weight .5 oz each. I carry 12 so that makes 6oz.

[zukiguy]

There's always a dead piece of thumb-sized or larger dead wood laying around. A few minutes with a pocket knife and I've got stakes that will hold most anywhere. The problem here in FL is having a handy sized rock to pound them in.

[skyjacker]

Shepherd hook people, what is the highest winds you've come across. Those things get pulled right out of the ground in my testing. I had a 30 mph wind up to 50 mph gust just rip them out. All of them have bent on me when pounding them into rocky soil. I tend to stick with MSR groundhogs or something like this. It's a strength vs weight balance. Think of it like this, it's a major component to keeping you and more importantly, your insulation dry.

[FJRpilot]

There's always a dead piece of thumb-sized or larger dead wood laying around. A few minutes with a pocket knife and I've got stakes that will hold most anywhere. The problem here in FL is having a handy sized rock to pound them in.

We don't have that problem out west.. Lots of rocks...


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[underserviced]

MSR Groundhog Mini- for some reason this little stake holds in everything I pitch my hammock in! I've had all sorts of tensioners provide slack but I have yet to have one of these pegs let go. I also put them in at a 45 degree angle.

[Beeip]

... a handy sized rock to pound them in.

Ah, yes. The ol' Idaho hammer.