Tent Stakes (spiral ?)

somekind · Post by **somekind** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:30 am

I didn't use any stakes this year for my tent. Fortunately the gear I had was enough to weigh it down.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:21 am

somekind wrote:I didn't use any stakes this year for my tent. Fortunately the gear I had was enough to weigh it down.

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four plastic 6 inch stakes held my 8X16 shade all week..

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:27 am

I used 12" nails for most everything this year and it worked great. They're $.50 each at Home Depot ($1 at Lowes for some reason) and have a rust-resistant coating. They go in and out easy with a regular hammer. They're much lighter and easier to haul out than rebar, even if you need 3 of them to replace one rebar stake.

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:00 pm

I'm no longer a fan of spiral tent stakes. I snapped several this year holding down tarps while under moderate wind loads. On the other hand I had several of the 12 inch nails Dork mentioned and they didn't give me any trouble. So...next year I won't be bringing any spiral tent stakes