FAQ

GroundGrabbas add speed, require Less Time and Energy so you can set up Faster, grab a beer, go fishing or simply relax. There are pro’s and con’s for each type of tent peg screw-in or hammer-in:

• Regular tent pegs usually require more time and effort to bash into the ground and can be just plain awful, tiring & can take so long to extract (see our video below) from the ground.
• GroundGrabba screw-in tent pegs are fast to insert and super fast to extract.
• Regular tent pegs do not hold as tight to the ground.
• GroundGrabba’s really GRAB the ground up to 7X more, giving you a greater sense of security especially when the wind picks up in storms. (see our video)
• Regular tent pegs need a decent heavy hammer to smash the peg/stake into the ground.
• GroundGrabba Pro Steel pegs are best used with a trade quality cordless drill or impact wrench/rattle gun but can also be hand wound into the ground using a socket wrench or the HexHook Pro or a spanner and even a car wheel brace.
• Regular hammer in tent pegs/stakes tend to bend when you smash them into hard ground or if they hit an obstruction.
• The GroundGrabba Pro is built not to bend or break, and if one does break or wear out in normal use it’s covered by our Lifetime Warranty. Note, GroundGrabba Pro I and II are 1.5-2X the length of the GroundGrabba Pro and therefore can bend if extreme sheer tension is applied.

We just love our GroundGrabbas. We find them terrific, easy and reliable to use as a great addition to your camping equipment. There are some situations you may want your old pegs or any other means of anchoring down. 

All our GroundGrabba range screw in tent pegs have a hex head. We started with 19mm on all our models but since new manufacturing in the USA the hex sizes are currently 16mm for Pro's & 19mm for Lite, Juniors are now 16mm also.

We do not recommend children screwing in our GroundGrabbas by a cordless drill or impact wrench. However if you have kids then best use your own judgement to decide how safe it is for them to drive-in the GroundGrabbas using an impact driver. The risk is on you.

There is potential danger in any activity and clearly the older a child is, the less danger involved. Be aware if using a drill to drive the GroundGrabbas in, there will be a certain amount of strength you will need in your wrist, arms and your weight to drive them in safely. If you do let your children drive the GroundGrabbas in, then use caution and always supervise them. We recommend children do NOT use GroundGrabbas.

There are differences also in using an impact wrench versus a normal cordless drill. Using an impact wrench is easier and less stressful to use however you must not use an impact wrench on the GroundGrabba Lite’s because the nylon will fracture and potentially snap. To drive the GroundGrabba’s into harder grounds does require strength that most children just wont have.

Also please read our FAQ “Is there a safe torque setting to help prevent injury or damage to the peg/stake?”

Some grounds may be impenetrable or close to it. In these grounds we recommend trying to pre-drill a pilot hole (see our video below) using one of our masonry drills. Once there is a pilot hole, you may find it easier or perhaps even possible to now screw the GroundGrabba Pro’s into the ground, but maybe not at all.  Better to use the GroundGrabba Junior in harder grounds. These may also need a pilot hole to be drilled.

Our steel screw-in tent pegs are designed to be very strong, and if one breaks or wears out in normal use it’s covered by our Lifetime Warranty.

Obviously though if the ground has large rocks or concrete under the surface any peg will find it very difficult or impossible to penetrate.

For the hardest of grounds we recommend using the GroundGrabba Junior.

Yes you can. The shaft of the GroundGrabba Pro series is 10mm so the eyelet must be larger than that, best minimum of 20mm. We suggest you hand wind the thread through the eyelet before you use your drill to screw them into the ground. (see our video) This helps prevent the thread grabbing the eyelet and wrapping the tarp/ground sheet around the drill.

Even better for eyelets or D loops use the GroundGrabba Junior with its narrower shaft and threads.

The same with removing them….. (see our video) When you have wound the GroundGrabba Pro out of the ground close to where the thread is about to come out of the ground you should stop using the drill and then unwind the rest by hand.

The GroundGrabba Lite is not designed to screw through eyelets.

Sometimes the hole size of the eylet is too small for a Pro series to screw through.  If this is the case, we have a couple of options for you to consider:

1/ The Fang - Made to adapt a Pro or Pro II with a tooth like prong to sit within the hole of the eyelet.

2/ GroundGrabba Junior with a shaft diameter of 8mm and 10mm with threads.

Absolutely yes. The GroundGrabba Lite has it’s own ‘built-in’ hook that you can loop your rope or spring onto. (see our video) The hook is smooth to help the rope slip making it easy to adjust your rope or spring tension. If the load or tension you are going to apply to the GroundGrabba Lite is considerable and you feel it may snap the hook section, then just spin the GroundGrabba lite around 180 degrees so the hook is pointing away from the load and loop your rope under the hook closest to the shaft such that the load is against the shaft.

The GroundGrabba Pro’s work in conjunction with the HexHook Pro, Pigtail Hook or Closed Hook which slots or winds through or over the hex head and then slide it under the hex head using its key hole design. Just loop your ropes or springs onto the hook or closed section. You might need a carabiner if using a ClosedHook.

We have designed our GroundGrabba Pro, Lite and Junior products for camping/general use and not for emergency use.

However should an emergency situation arise and I needed to use anything at my disposal I would certainly not rule out the use the GroundGrabba Pro’s if need be, remembering to take all necessary safety precautions to reduce risk of harm should something break or snap under tension. Camping gear can be replaced, people can’t. Always be safe.

Our GroundGrabba Commercial range although made for commercial and industrial, use we always state the user must test and trial our products to deem their suitability for their intended use.

NO, you should not hammer any GroundGrabba into the ground or anywhere else for that matter.

All Groundrabba screw-in pegs and ground anchors have been designed to screw into the substrate.

If you use a hammer you will damage them and we do not warrantise against damage due to hammering them into the substrate with any device be it a rock or a hammer or a shoe! lol

All GroundGrabbas have been designed to screw into substrate. Never hammer, hit or smash them into the substrate or you will void warranty.

Always screw them into the ground by means of hand, spanner, wrench, ratchet wrench, impact wrench, wheel brace or cordless drill or HexHook Pro.

We suggest that after using them you give them a wash with fresh water to help remove corrosive substances like salt. Perhaps even give them a spray with something like WD40. Although the Pro series are hot dipped galvanised they  might rust if the galvanising scratches off. Scratches and rust are not warrantised and are quite normal once the galvanised coating scratches off.

My own GroundGrabba's have gone the other way...they are now super shiny, almost chrome like in their shine though continual use.

When you go camping use whatever you need to get the job done safely. It’s always best to use the right tool for the right job though. Use your common sense. A Lite item will break if you subject it to the extreme forces that the Pro series are designed for. When you go camping use whatever you need to get the job done safely.NEVER use an impact wrench /rattle gun to drive in a “lite” product as the glass reinforced nylon will fracture and may break.

Sand, snow, loose soils: GroundGrabba Pro I or Pro II, GroundGrabba Lite

Grass, clay, forests, heathlands: GroundGrabba Pro and GroundGrabba Junior

Hard soils, pebbles, roots: GroundGrabba Pro or Junior. You may need to pre-drill pilot holes.

Rocky soils: GroundGrabba Junior or GroundGrabba Pro. You may need to pre-drill pilot holes.

Extreme Hard and Machined Roadbase: You may NOT be able to drive your GroundGrabba Pro’s into the ground without pre-drilling... if you can at all. It could almost be impossible for you to pre-drill a hole and you will need all your body weight to do so and to drive the GroundGrabba Junior or Pro into the ground.

We designed our products in Australia. Our GroundGrabba ground anchors are made both in Australia and the USA. China produces our accessories. We have worked quite intensely with our partner Manufacturer in the USA to create a top quality and reliable products. Despite our best efforts to have them all made in Australia sadly there was very little interest from steel manufacturers. Our GroundGrabba Lites are made by another small family business on the GoldCoast Qld Au.

See our up to date list of stockists here.

From time to time we change the availability of kits and packs that are offered. Choose what is most appropriate for your needs.

We welcome bulk order inquiries.

Extreme Hard and Machined Roadbase:

You may NOT be able to drive your GroundGrabba Pro’s into the ground without pre-drilling….if you can at all. It could almost be impossible for you to pre-drill a hole and you will need all your body weight to pre-drill and to drive the GroundGrabba Pro into the ground.

If you successfully predrilled your hole then next step is to drive the GroundGrabba Junior or Pro into the hard compacted ground. Make sure your drill is on low speed and you take it slowly putting much weight onto the top of your drill. Place your right leg next to the drill handle to help prevent the drill handle from twisting and injuring your wrist. On extraction use the same technique but this time place your left foot next to your drill handle.  Better to use an impact wrench for these ground types.

We have designed GroundGrabba’s with a hex head so that you can use a socket driver set or wheel brace, which in our opinion is pretty clever as wheel braces are a popular tool for campers and 4WD’s to carry. OR... take a spare battery for your cordless or its charger and inverter. It is much easier to use a good quality 18v minimum cordless drill or cordless torque wrench/rattle gun!

Yes, we have designed the GroundGrabba Juniors, Lite, Pro, Pro I and GroundGrabba Pro II's with a hex head so that you can use a socket driver set or wheel brace, which in our opinion is pretty clever as wheel braces are a popular tool for campers and 4x4's to carry. HOWEVER, it’s much easier to use a good quality 18v minimum cordless drill or cordless torque wrench/ rattle gun! 

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION

To start, we recommend that you have your drill set to low speed and mid range torque (See our video below).
Test screw your GroundGrabbas and adjust/increase the torque as required.

Depending on the grounds density and the speed you screw/drive into the ground you will feel the GroundGrabba either bite or just spin.
If you drill too fast then the GroundGrabba may not bite and just bore a hole, so then go slower and maybe put more downward pressure on the drill until you feel it bite.

Be Aware that should the GroundGrabba hit an obstruction it could stop the drill and transfer the twisting force into the handle, this is why it’s IMPORTANT to use the medium or low torque setting to start with and why we recommend the safest way to drill/screw-in the GroundGrabba is with your legs slightly apart and the drill handle just sliding down the inside of your right leg as you penetrate the ground more. this is less important for a GroundGrabba Junior.

This method could help save your wrist from serious injury if the GroundGrabba does stop spinning and the force transfers to the handle, your leg will stop the handle of the drill from spinning and twisting your wrist. (see our video)

When you’ve screwed several GroundGrabba’s into the ground you’ll get the hang of it and just do things automatically…but please always be aware of your wrist. Your safety is important to us.

It’s about making camping and the outdoors and making life easier and more fun, right? So we designed our screw-in tent pegs so a cordless drill can do the hard work… and you save smashing your hand with a mallet! We recommend that you use a good quality cordless drill or cordless impact wrench rattle gun. You will also need a Hex Socket Driver which will adapt the drill to the GroundGrabba.

GroundGrabba’s are designed so you can also use:

1. A hand wrench/ socket
2. HexHook Pro
3. Wheel Brace

There is more chance of injuring yourself than breaking one of our products. If you use a good quality cordless drill we suggest you use the torque limiting adjustment and set it midway so you can feel the pressure it will put on your wrist and arm and how well it is screwing the GroundGrabba into the ground. If the mid setting doesn’t allow the peg/stake to drill deep enough then you can increase the settings whilst making sure you grip your drill in a way to help prevent it from twisting and spraining or breaking your wrist.

We suggest you place one leg each side of your drill handle and as the drill may twist in your hand it will swing towards your right leg so that your right leg becomes a guide and helps prevent your wrist being twisted.

The easiest way is with a cordless impact wrench aka rattle gun. These are the variety you’d notice at a tyre workshop making a rattling sound as the wheel nuts of your car are removed. They will twist with great force but put very little twisting force on your wrist. Using the impact wrench rattle gun with our Pro (Steel) Series pegs is certainly the easiest way to go. Our Pro series pegs are built tough, and if one breaks or wears out in normal use it’s covered by our Lifetime Warranty. Do Not use an impact wrench with the GroundGrabba Lite as the glass reinforced nylon might fracture and snap.

The Junior and Pro series are all made from 1018 carbon steel for extra strength and the Pro's are hot dipped galvanised to help protect against rust and corrosion.

The GroundGrabba Junior are made from 1018 carbon steel that is zinc trivalent coated. It has threads rather than flights found on the pro series. Because it has threads it is easier to use in harder grounds. The trade off is they wont hold as much as the Pro, Pro I or Pro II. They are 27mm in length and our entry level for ground holding ability.

The GroundGrabba Pro series are versatile, incredibly robust and made for most camping or anchoring conditions. The GroundGrabba Pro is for most ground substrates that you would find camping. They are 315mm in length with a shaft thickness of aprox 10mm. GroundGrabba Pro is the ultimate ground anchor for tents, tarps, canopies, or other outdoor shelters.

The GroundGrabba Pro I as above is made from steel but differs from the GroundGrabba Pro (made for general and harder grounds). The GroundGrabba Pro I is half the length again (465mm) and has twice the flight width for deeper and more solid anchoring in soft grounds or sand.

The GroundGrabba Pro II as above is made from steel but differs from the GroundGrabba Pro I (made for general and harder grounds). The GroundGrabba Pro II is 615mm and has the same flight width as the Pro I for the deepest anchoring again in soft grounds or sand.

GroundGrabba Junior is made for your every day camping/outdoor loads and for the hardest of grounds.

The GroundGrabba Pro is a general-purpose tent peg/stake for medium to hard grounds that really grab the ground like no standard hammer in pegs you’ve ever used. They are extremely strong.

GroundGrabba Pro I is in-between our 315mm Pro and 615mm Pro II. At 465mm made to avoid depths where high voltage cables are supposed to lay beneath.  It has outstanding hold in soft sand to harder ground types.

The GroundGrabba Pro II is for sand, snow or soft to medium grounds for when really needing that extra grab; like for large tarps in high wind like you would experience at the beach of a summers afternoon or a summers afternoon storm.

There is nothing relaxing about being at the beach or out camping when the wind picks up or you’re caught in a storm and the tent and tarpaulin becomes a huge sail, ripping the pegs/stakes out of the ground, sand or snow. Camping should be fun, not stressful.

Our steel anchors are covered for your lifetime if they break or wear out in normal use, for all buyers including commercial customers, when used within the product’s rated limits and our installation instructions. Coatings, galvanising and finishes are never covered, and misuse and overloading aren’t covered.

Keep your original GroundGrabba invoice (or your authorised stockist’s invoice) as proof of purchase; the warranty is for the original purchaser and isn’t transferable. To claim, send us photos and a short explanation through our contact form and we’ll decide, at our discretion, whether to replace it, refund you or ask for the item back. You don’t pay the return freight on a warranty claim.

Never hammer GroundGrabbas into the ground; doing so voids the warranty. Details: Lifetime Warranty

12-Month Change-of-Mind Returns*. Personal-use purchases can be returned or exchanged within 12 months of delivery, even if used. Please contact us first for approval.

For a return you pay the return freight plus a $19.95 handling fee. For an exchange you pay the return freight, the $29.95 exchange handling fee, the freight to send you the replacement, and any price difference. Faulty items and warranty claims are at our cost. Business and commercial purchases can’t be returned for change of mind.

Purchases made before 1 November 2026 come with a 12-month risk-free return at our expense, even if you’ve used the product – contact us within 12 months of delivery and we’ll arrange the return, pay the return freight and refund you for the product, with no handling fee.

*See our Returns Policy.

Our wish is that you wear the GroundGrabba screw-in peg and ground anchor products out because it means that you’ve really enjoyed the benefits of using them and that you’ve been camping or outdoors A LOT so you have been having a lot of fun!!!!!! If a steel GroundGrabba breaks or wears out in normal use, it’s covered by our Lifetime Warranty. Coatings, galvanising and finishes are never covered. Our ‘Lite’ glass-reinforced nylon products have a 12-month manufacturer’s warranty instead.

We do not anticipate you needing to replace them unless you lose them!

The HexHook Pro as the name implies has an inbuilt 19mm Hex tool which you can use to wind in your appropriate GroundGrabba’s into the ground and easily unwind your GroundGrabba’s also. We have even found it useful for opening bottle tops! (see videos below). BUT, use your drill...thats what we designed GroundGrabba's for.

Well yes… we find it really handy for that too! How Good is THAT?!

A Hex Driver is a socket that can be clipped into your impact driver or drill that then fits onto the Hex Head of the GroundGrabba so you can drill the GroundGrabba's in and out of the ground easily and FAST.

The GroundGrabba Carry-All Bag is a great way of keeping all your GroundGrabba tools together.

There are two sizes. One will carry GroundGrabba Lites and GroundGrabba Pros. The longer version bag will also hold the longer GroundGrabba Pros II’s. Both size bags will also carry HexHook Pros, hex drivers and masonry drill bit, other accessories and various other camping equipment that fits in. It is made of tough polyester.

The bags are divided in the middle for you to help seperate the types GroundGrabba's you have. Inside there is also two zip up pouches that run from end to end to store things like your HexHook Pros, Hex driver, other accessories and masonry drill bit.

The masonry drills are for pre-drilling holes into hard grounds to help make it possible to drive a GroundGrabba Pro in. When drilling into the ground it is important to clear the hole of debris continually whilst getting deeper. If you do not clear the hole the debris will make it harder to drill your hole and also possibly jam your drill bit and you may not be able to retrieve it.

Our warehouse in Willawong, Queensland, by Australia Post.

Orders ship from our warehouse in Willawong, QLD via Australia Post. Orders placed before 11:00am QLD time (Mon–Fri) are ready for dispatch the next business day. For delivery times to your postcode, use the Australia Post delivery time calculator. Tracking is emailed once your order ships.

11:00am Queensland time, Mon–Fri (12:00 noon in Sydney/Melbourne during daylight saving). Orders placed before the cut-off are ready for dispatch the next business day. Orders after the cut-off, or on weekends and public holidays, are ready the business day after that.

Shipping is calculated by Australia Post using the weight and size of your order and your postcode, plus a small handling charge to cover picking and packing at our warehouse. You’ll see the exact cost at checkout before you pay.

Our minimum order is $29.99 (inc GST), worked out on your cart total after any discount codes and excluding shipping. If a discount takes your cart below $29.99, please add more items to check out.

Yes. Contact us before 11:00am QLD time on the day you order and we’ll change or cancel it at no cost. After that cut-off we can’t promise to stop it, and if our warehouse charges us a fee to stop or change the order, we pass that fee on to you (we’ll tell you the amount first). Once an order has been dispatched it becomes a return (see our Returns Policy). Contact us.

Yes. Orders ship with Authority to Leave unless you request a signature. Parcels left under Authority to Leave are at your risk once Australia Post marks them as delivered. If you’d prefer someone to sign for it, you can request Signature on Delivery by contacting us before your order is dispatched. Signature on Delivery is available for an additional Australia Post fee – see current fees.

If your order hasn’t arrived within 5 business days of the expected delivery date, contact us with your order number and we’ll lodge an investigation with Australia Post.

Not at checkout – there’s no overnight or express option in our checkout shipping for now. If you need an order urgently, contact us through our contact form or phone 1300 988 655 (Mon–Fri 9:00am–4:00pm). If we can do it, we’ll quote you the urgent cost before dispatch.

Yes, you can collect your order from our warehouse in Willawong, QLD, Monday to Friday, 8:00am–3:00pm QLD time (excluding weekends and public holidays). To arrange a pickup, please contact us for more information.

Please contact us through our contact form. For the USA and Mexico visit groundgrabba.com, and for Canada groundgrabba.ca.

Purchases made before 1 November 2026 come with a 12-month risk-free return at our expense, even if you’ve used the product: contact us within 12 months of delivery and we’ll arrange the return, pay the return freight and refund you for the product, with no handling fee. Our new policies apply to all orders placed from 1 November 2026. Please contact us first with your order number.

Commercial and business orders (including purchase-order orders) can’t be returned or exchanged for change of mind. They’re only returnable if faulty, if we supplied the wrong product, or if lost or damaged in transit.

Separately, our Lifetime Warranty covers business and commercial buyers too (including the GR14 range) if an anchor breaks or wears out in normal use within rated limits; coatings, galvanising and finishes are never covered. If you’re not sure a product suits your job, buy a test pack first.

If you’re not sure you’ve got the right parts, pause your order and contact us before checking out. Tell us what you’re anchoring and the ground type. If you’re buying a quantity, we recommend testing a pack first. You can also try our Anchor Calculator.

Calculator results and our suggestions are a guide only. They are not certified or engineer-approved, and we are not engineers, so please confirm your setup with your own qualified engineer before relying on it.