Re: [Paddlewise] Storm loop ropes, stakes and fuel canisters

From: Wayne Smith <wsmith_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:24:20 -0800
Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote:

> // Also, it was suggested by another new ower of the same tent (and I agree now that mine has arrived) that I should buy some better stakes.  Short of mail order again, all I have access to is the yellow plastic stakes that are common at K-Mart, Walmart, etc.  Will they do, or is there something else I should look
> at? //

Go to Home Depot - Buy Spikes - I use 3/8" X 9" - Sure they are heavy - BFD - But, Indestructible.

Most useless gadget.  I was camping once and I saw a guy with a 4 oz plastic sledge hammer that he used to pound his light weigh 6" aluminum tent pegs.  What a Joke.  With the spikes, I use any convent, the bigger the better, rock.

Wayne

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