Outdoor idiots are right about tying the top of one peg to the bottom of a second. It's how I get fence posts to stay upright when stretching wire fence. Works great...
As for sand and pegs, I use two methods, depending on what kind of sand. If I'm on the beach and it's windy, I use rocks, wrap them like a parcel and tie them to my tie outs before buying them, works good, but make sure you put your pack in your tent before you do this, I had my tent almost blow into a river once doing this, had one stone in and the wind picked up. Helps to use long rocks.
If it is simply sandy soil, I hitch two pegs together in a cross and jam them in. Hold them as close togetehr as your hitch allows, jam em in, then pull until they spread. Quick and easy deadman. Never had a problem, but to be fair, the tent I've used this method with was free standing, so the pegs just hold it in place once it's up.
A friend of mine will cut bushes and bury them like stones. Seems to work well, but too much digging, too much cutting, but probably the most stable arrangement.
As for sand and pegs, I use two methods, depending on what kind of sand. If I'm on the beach and it's windy, I use rocks, wrap them like a parcel and tie them to my tie outs before buying them, works good, but make sure you put your pack in your tent before you do this, I had my tent almost blow into a river once doing this, had one stone in and the wind picked up. Helps to use long rocks.
If it is simply sandy soil, I hitch two pegs together in a cross and jam them in. Hold them as close togetehr as your hitch allows, jam em in, then pull until they spread. Quick and easy deadman. Never had a problem, but to be fair, the tent I've used this method with was free standing, so the pegs just hold it in place once it's up.
A friend of mine will cut bushes and bury them like stones. Seems to work well, but too much digging, too much cutting, but probably the most stable arrangement.
