2012 at the Hammond Barn

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Originally Posted by KrisHamilton

Phil thanks for the post... i will print that off for a rainy day

Clarke, just curious as to what size portable shelter you use to store your Hup in now.... im thinking i might be able to store my truck sooner in my back yard if i get a decent portable shelter as u do ... any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Avoid the tarps on those commercial driveway shelters. I have one in the driveway, and it started to fail. The UV rays eat those tarps in a hurry. The wind will flap and fatigue the fabric quickly too.

My solution, after the big snow of 07/08 when mine collapsed, was to generously collect all the bent pipes from my neighbourhood's collapsed shelters. I disassembled mine completely, and rebuilt it with salvaged and $100 of replacements from the factory. I built three new frames from lumber to extend it back 8'. I skinned it all with a new white tarp AND four sections of surplus modular tent canvas. The pieces lace together nicely. Hammond Barn habitue Guyvapeur helped sew a new end panel and make some minor repairs. The best thing with the modular tent sections, is there is about 5' of rolled up fabric at the bottom edge. So, if I want to lengthen the legs for a taller vehicle, there is roof material waiting.

Kris, if you want to have a look at mine, we are both in Ottawa.

[KrisHamilton]

well unfortunately i got roped into driving to a sugar bush for maple syrup and pancakes tomorrow with the inlaws.. boo
the next weekend im a free man i will drop by.

Terry, sounds like a solid tent you have there.. i just need something for 1 year max while i work on turning my carport into a garage...
i have no idea as to how long it will take me to finish closing it in.
i work full time and have a roofing company on the side.. its going to be a busy summer indeed.

[Bob Carriere]

Terry is right they do cook off in the Sun..... the better Shelter Logic seem to last longer.

At the barn we usually cover the roof section, even of a new one, with a sacrificial silver tarp from Princess Auto..... some of our tents have 3 layers of sacrificail tarp....... when one starts to rip away we have spares tocover it up....usually occurs in cold weather so we do not bother removeing the old one. some of our winter shelters are 5 or 6 years old.

Bob

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

The conversation about storage for CMPs got me thinking about how my HUP live for the first 5 years I owned and drove it. Under a tarp, not how I would do it today but what worked at the time. Continued carry the tarp to this day on rally trips as a way of protecting inside of the HUP in very heavy rain. (Hopefully after the overhaul the roof won't leak) The canvas is a heavy cotton canvas that after all these years is still waterproof. Though it has many stitched up tears. The canvas sitting on the body does tend to wear the paint though.

But though people would get a kick out of the pictures, the Halloween photos of the kids is kind of an indication of how much part of the family Beast is.

For a good many years we went camping in BEAST like this with plywood section cut to create a bed area in the back and foam mattress. This was before we up graded our camping to the back of Beauty.