MSR groundhogs. In canoe country(BWCA, etc.) they hold better in the shallow soil.
MSR groundhogs. In canoe country(BWCA, etc.) they hold better in the shallow soil.
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I use the Easton tent stakes they work well for me. The only problem the tops pop off but a little JB Weld and will never happen again.
MSR Mini-Groundhogs are great. I bought so no-name copies that worked well all season. When I used them this winter, all four of them bent like butter when trying to pound them into hard, frozen ground. So much for trying to save a couple of bucks!
DAC makes a great j-stake that is very light and extremely tough... my girlfriend pounded one into a frozen tree root on the last trip, and I broke the pliers on my Leatherman tool trying to pull it out! The stake never bent at all.
Take it easy,
desmobob
generic Y shaped stakes... some short 6" black ones and some 8" ones... i use the 8" the most and carry the black ones for pinning down doors or lending one out to a friend who forgets his
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I have both regular and mini ground hogs. I am a proud supporter of MSR. I have never broken a stake and used them in all sorts of soil. I even used them as a dead man for my morph one winter.
MSR groundhogs
Just to add to the majority; I have had excellent luck with the aircraft grade aluminum Y & V shaped pegs from 2 different mfgrs. They both have DAC lettered on them. One brand is MSR Ground Hogs and the other is Sierra Design.
I have to agree with gutter spikes also. They are very light, inexpensive, and even though they have a sharp point you can secure them under a bungee or strap very nicely.
Spikes also seem to leave the smallest impact on the soil if used properly.
We teach the Scouts to try to stop pounding like John Henry when they hit a root or rock...it saves on tent stakes and protects the trees as well.
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