Date:         Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:49:42 -0800
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Shady Boy: That bad in wind?
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I'd come up with a prototype some years back. An attempt at something
the average DIY type could make:
https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/AwningPrototype02

I had it up once in mild winds. It made some noise but didn't let go.
And this was w/o the locking points at the jack inserts. Regardless, I
took it down.

I wanted to find an "off the shelf" means to mount a length of 1/2"
EMT conduit off one rear poptop hinge bolt and the side bolt on the
luggage rack. Or, mount same off the rain gutter using roof rack
parts. Figuring the angles was hit and miss.The idea being that I
could roll the tarp up on that.

A drive away type of awning (stand alone tent) is appealing but I saw
that these too might fly away under severe wind conditions.

Neil.



On 2/21/14, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I do find that once the wind goes above 15mph or so,it's not a good idea to
> deploy the Shady Boy.


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