how do you keep tent stakes from slowly working there way out?

Answer 1

you can't you just keep driving them in,especially in loose and sandy soil

Answer 2

There are a number of different kinds of stakes you can get, depending on the type of ground you are camping on. If the soil is really hard and dense, the thin metal stakes will hold better than plastic pegs. For spongy soil, you can get spiral metal stakes that screw in (like those stakes they sell to tie dog leashes to).

If the soil is really soft and sandy you can use what we call "dead men" -- these are either wide metal or plastic plates (look like a shovel head) that you bury in the sand (these work in snow, too). You can also fill plastic or cloth bags with sand, attach the tent rope and bury the bags in the sand. Another thing that can help if you are camping in a lot of wind is to use loops of bungie cord between the tent guylines and the stakes so that they can stretch without pulling the stake loose when the wind pushes the tent. Make sure the stakes are sharply angled with the tip towards the tent and the head facing away.

We were camping on Assateague Island years ago and the high wind kept making the tent lines pull out the stakes. We tied the lines to our sneakers, filled them with sand and buried one in each corner. It worked! (they were full of sand from hiking the beach anyway)

Answer 3

Simply buy the longest tent stakes you can find at your local Outdoors and Camping store like RSI Outfitters (National Chain) They have them in fiberglass re-enforced nylon 14"-16" long.Incredibly light and easy to carry. You just need to drive them in at 30 degree angle with your tent tension lines as tight as they can be. This will prevent them from working out of the ground 98% of the time. There will only be an issue if you camp in high winds or higher elevations that subject you to strong cross winds

Answer 4

Take a hatchet camping with you. You can use the sharp end for firewood and the hammer ent to hammer in the stakes. it doesn't take up much room in your gear and they are inexpensive.

Answer 5

I read somewhere you can either drive them in at an angle and they'll stay put until the wind shreds your tent, or drive them in vertically and when one pops out you get up and replace it and otherwise spend the night in comfort.

Answer 6

if your string is going towards theright drive the stake in towards the left

Answer 7

just bring a rubberheaded hammer and bang it into the ground really deep. then place bricks on top (just kidding, I just thought that answer was classic)

Answer 8

Place bricks on top of them