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General Forums => Air Speed Lounge => Topic started by: Crank on November 15, 2006, 07:06:17 PM
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I had a garage... Until today.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic...ic.php?t=204507 (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=204507)
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Glad the car is OK :o I guess t hat why they call them portable wind and rain just getting to the interior but mild compared to what you guys got
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That blows.
My neighbor was out with his son dragging his shelter off the soccer field this afternoon as well.
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same tent structure at our work and i was cleaning it up in the pissing rain and wind from our neighbours compond
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I got a call at 2 pm today to tell me my costco 10x20 was in the alley!! and the car I had in it was now in the open :( I was home at noon just to check on things and all looked OK. I even had 16 12\" spikes (two in each post) holding it down and by 1:45 it was over the fence and into the alley. today sucks.
Gary.
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I must of seen at least 5 of those shelters just demolished today. To give you an idea about the strength of the wind I tried walking out on the White Rock pier and couldn't since the wind was soo damn strong!
-Kirin
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Once the wind gets inside they just become parachutes..... Hoping everyone made it though okay. People, animals, and vehicles alike.
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There's one of thoughs covering an old Land Rover at my parents place. The shelter is actually tied to the truck and so far it hasnt moved a cm.
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old Land Rover
:rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
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my brother came home today to find our shelter on the street
and a nice scratch across the rear fender of my dads morris...
:angry:
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Wind and rust are my enemies!
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Two weeks ago I came home to my Costco 10 x 20 shelter laying upside down on the neighbors roof...
I tied it down to the boat trailer with 4 pcs. of 1/4\" poly, so unless we get a tornado, I'm good. -_-
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Crank, glad to hear you finally got your interior fixed. This wind is brutal though. Because of power outages my comute home took me an extra hour.
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As I was cleaning up this mess I had a big smile on my face because the car was not in the tent. My daughter thought I was crazy...
Worst part is, I was planning on starting a new project. Either a bus or my 68 Notch. Now I have nowhere to get it started.
Red Snapper... as far as getting the interior fixed, I guess we shall see the quality of his work, or at least how well he does a VW. I have not seen it yet, but this week I get it back and will snap some pics.
Cheers.
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...a nice scratch across the rear fender of my dads morris...
:angry:
that totally sucks ass.
sorry to hear about everyones troubles.
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The shelter I used for a few years had zero trouble with storms. It had a bit different constuction though, and nothing driven into the ground as it sat on my new concrete.
It had a bottom pipe on each side that all legs on that side was tied into rather securely. I then used some short maybe 3-4' pieces of 2x6 lumber scrap laid on these and arranged in a manner that when I drove my sis's vert into the shed , all 4 tyres sat on these 2x6s and they in turn went out at right angles to the car and rested on thr botton pipes of the structure. It had a 2500 pound fat 'vert holding the tent down and it never moved.
:rockon:
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That is exactly what I discussed this morning in order to hold my tent ( I don't own yet) down.
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the only problem is when the vert is gone it could fly away
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the only problem is when the vert is gone it could fly away
but its NEVER driven in crappy weather, unlike some people's 'verts. :huh:
plus I did use some pier blocks that did hold it down in a pretty stiff breeze IF the car was gone.
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I got smart and ripped holes in mine for venting!!!
:D
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I got smart and ripped holes in mine for venting!!!
:D
So now it looks like it's been through a storm :lol: