HD Tent Stakes

[FinallyFree]

I remember reading sometime ago about a vendor in Quartzsite that sales homemade heavy duty tent stakes made from rebar. Anyone know which vendor it is?

 

[VanForNow]

It is K&B Hardware, which has a large kiosk not far from Q's big tent.

 

[FinallyFree]

Thanks!

 

[John61CT]

This "Earth Anchor" seems overkill, but maybe sometimes warranted?

 

[highdesertranger]

holy cow, that's a heavy duty tent stake. highdesertranger

 

[Treknik]

Here's a link for a more modest ground anchor.

Orange Screw
https://www.amazon.com/Orange-Screw-Ultimate-Ground-Anchor/dp/B01B28QS8G

 

[highdesertranger]

I would like to see those plastic ones use at RTR. highdesertranger

 

[John61CT]

holy cow, that's a heavy duty tent stake. highdesertranger

Thought you'd like that!

Serious outfit, that's not even the biggest. . .

Of course, wide variety available for more prosaic uses.

https://americanearthanchors.com/technical-specs/product-dimensions/

 

[Ballenxj]

This "Earth Anchor" seems overkill,  but maybe sometimes warranted?

HOLY MOLY! I bet a couple of those would keep my awning from blowing away. The trailer might be gone though. 

 

[bullfrog]

As I've said before I use 12" carriage bolts with plastic washers to hold ball bungees but I also have the helix screws for sand at Lake Powell. I usually drive them in with a battery impact. I've never had one come out but did pierce a water line once so I had to move! That just ain't right! I'm planning on being at the RTR with a Kodiak tent if anybody wants to see one come on by.

 

[John61CT]

I bet a couple of those would keep my awning from blowing away. The trailer might be gone though.

So put one on the trailer.

Probably could make a good anti-theft deterrent based on that

 

[MrNoodly]

Yeah, K&B (Kuehn Street, just west of US-95, south side of the street) sells stakes made from rebar. I have some. They also have monsterous nails. The RTR site is covered in "desert pavement" which is a layer of stones. (see link below) So stakes need to be strong enough to force their way between the rocks. You'll want a sledge hammer, too. One trick to make things a little easier is to drill into the ground with a long masonry bit a little narrower than the stake. It's not that you're going to drill through rocks, just force space between them.

https://www.google.com/search?q=des...vVsenXAhXD0J8KHSqMA_cQsAQISg&biw=1325&bih=745

 

[SoulRaven]

Now I wish I hadn't given up my augur bit.  Why do you guys insist on doing things the hard way?

 

[White+Nerdy]

Another place to look would be re-enactor suppliers - Civil War, SCA, etc. People in many of these groups camp in large canvas tents. Though impractical for a van dweller, the stakes often used to tie these down are much beefier than your average tent stake. Many are about the rebar size you're looking for. Source: I've been active in the SCA and have a canvas tent with stakes like this.

 

[Motrukdriver]

Lowe's has 12" long x 3/8" dia spikes for 80 cents each plus tax of course....