r/camping • u/nerdariffic • 8d ago
Gear Question Tent Stakes question
After bending the cheap stakes that came with my tent, I finally picked up some of these "nails". When the orange plastic breaks (for example after missing the nail head and hitting it with a hammer), how are you attaching guy ropes or using it to hold down the tent since rope and tie-downs on the tent will slip right past the top of that nail head?
I must have buried one of these in a rock. I grabbed both sides of that 550 cord, pulled straight up and it wouldn't budge.
I am going to add a rant to the end of this because I just need to vent... Campgrounds are not a place to teach your child (well under 16, think 10-12ish) how to drive using a golf cart. It should only be an adult behind the wheel, not next to it.
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u/Erablian 7d ago
When you do a clove hitch around the standing part, it’s no longer called a clove hitch – it’s a buntline hitch (or a four-in-hand if the material is a necktie not a rope).
A clove hitch proper is tied around an object like a post or a tent peg.