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Super-duper ultralight stakes, but not for tents


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    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Camping on mudstone country last week. Very dry hard stuff the ridges. I carry both Al tubes and Ti stakes, with the tubes used at the ends of the tunnel tent under significant load. Several times I had to resort to the Ti wires at the ends because I simply could NOT get the tubes in, even with hammering. With the Ti wires – I just kept hammering until they went in.

    Funny thing tho’ – in one case once I got the Ti wire through the rock (some hammering), I was able to replace it with a tube. The Ti wire had fracture the rock.

    Cheers

    #3502944
    Iago Vazquez
    BPL Member

    @iago

    Locale: Boston & Galicia, Spain

    I had purchased the Coghlan stakes that look like MSR Groundhogs at Target or Walmart. First time I hammered them, half ended bent. At times, inexpensive ends up costing in the end.

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    J R
    BPL Member

    @jringeorgia

    Maybe JR did this with the stakes he shows in the photos above, but I like to dip the top of my tent stakes in Plasti-Dip.

    Just bright orange spray paint. Plasti-Dip would have been better, but I don’t have enough projects to justify opening a can.

    #3502968
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Sometimes you can get away with yellow heatshrink. Poor life, but very visible.

    Cheers

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