jimeditorial wrote:rharris19 wrote:I may hit up harbor freight for one of those 1 car garage tents they have if it look like rain. Doesn't look too bad for $160.
Watch out in high winds....mine cracked the mounting feet and released the poles....scratched the hell out of my car. Tie it down like a tent fly if you expect wind. Held up to rain and snow well however.
I had one similar to that which I got at Northern Tool. It was about 12x22 I think or something like that. I found that if you put two cinder blocks at the base of each of the 6 poles, then tie the horizontal frame member directly to the cinder blocks (foregoing the mounting feet almost entirely), then it would withstand some pretty serious wind too. The key is lashing it down tightly. Since I can never remember boy scout knot stuff, I picked up a few of these Figure 9 Rope Tensioners at Harbor Freight and they have been lifesavers:
You can get them at REI too, and probably about a million other places too. Cheers.
Pat Mulry, TARP Racing #67
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