I think some more design is required - the tarp will pull out of the spring clamps, just when you need them most. How about making a hem in the tarp with colored duct tape, and then sliding a pole through the hem? Then you place the hem/pole in the rain gutter, and try using said spring clamps, which will now work somewhat better. If those don't work, what about fabricating something that compresses hem/pole into the rain gutter? Marshall Ruskin -----Original Message----- From: Brent Christensen <bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 10:50 AM Subject: Poor man's awning
>Anyone ever rig up an awning to their van using a tarp and those spring-type >clamps? (I'm thinking about clamping the tarp to the drip rail in about 4 >spots, then using some aluminum tent poles and then staking it out with guy >lines. > >The tarp is about $8, the four spring clamps are $1.80 each at Home Depot, >and the tent poles are about $4 each....Total cost of awning - $25, and you >don't have a big aluminum canister bouncing up and down trying to tear off >your drip rail on rough roads... > >Brent Christensen >'89 Syncro Westy "Klaus" >'95 Cherokee Sport > |
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