Dan Cronin
Advisor
 | | 01/11/2007 9:10 PM |
 Alert | Ike, et al,
I am in favor of designing and building a turn-key awning system for your truck(s), since the transfer case is almost done and some of my other projects are coming to a close.
Only thing Ike, You will have to get the roof rack before hand, so it will be a integrated option.
I am mocking something up for my rig on CAD now, then going to do the prototype.
It'll be triiiick.
Now your part, I'd like to get ideas of what you would need or like on the awning aparatus.
Like, Craig has a nifty lantern holder on his...ahem, pole  Hahaha.....
I would like to have your opinions and option ideas.....
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Peter Carey
| | 01/11/2007 9:16 PM |
Alert | Crap!! Now I remember the conversation we had. don't know why it didn't jar before. yeah, I like your idea from what I remember.
I want no ground poles.
I want it the length of the truck cab (8-10'?)
I want one end higher than the other for water run off
I want few moving parts
I want small velcro tabs on the inside lip in case I want to hang string/tube lights
I want it to extend 6-8' from the side of the truck
I want it to be easy enough for Kim to put away
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Dan Cronin
Advisor
| | 01/11/2007 9:43 PM |
Alert | Options 1-7 duly noted.
Option 8, however (which I thought was going to be the most difficult) is a little more complicated, BUT
I forwarded your request to these people - National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services
and they are working on your request.
Meanwhile, go here and enjoy.
www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/singasong.htm
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Craig Miller
Site Admin
| | 01/11/2007 9:55 PM |
Alert | Dan,
Having had one for a while now, I'd like to have mine go out the back of the truck even more than the side of the truck. The back of the truck is where all my stuff is. One out the back, and one out the side would be cool, but I'd feel like a Mobile Taqueria.
--C
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Andy Berglund
Moderator
| | 01/11/2007 11:01 PM |
Alert | only if you tint the windows blue and make them flip up.
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Andy Berglund
Moderator
| | 01/11/2007 11:02 PM |
Alert | hey, for the record, i didn't say contact a sailmaker. just DIY with tent poles and a sewing machine. but, having dan make something would be soooo choice.
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Isaac Fain
| | 01/15/2007 10:14 AM |
Alert | my only requirements are
a) dry
b) cheap
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Dan Cronin
Advisor
| | 01/15/2007 11:38 AM |
Alert | well, I'll start taking some measurements and coming up with a design.
We can collabotare on it and see what fits best for all. | |
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Peter Carey
| | 01/15/2007 11:54 AM |
Alert | Isaac, then Craig's old system would work. As you can see, it kept we 7 dry while waiting out a cloudburst. And it was cheap to boot. It was a pain to roll up when snowed and frozen though, but that's not on your list so you're golden!
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Isaac Fain
| | 01/15/2007 3:01 PM |
Alert | well, i guess i spoke too quickly - I do have a requirement that there be at least one side panel, if not two. I don't want it to be fully enclosed but that too has it's merits!
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Peter Carey
| | 01/15/2007 3:19 PM |
Alert | | Hmmmm....some hefty velcro along the top for attachement should do it. then some loops to hook onto the poles should work, I think. | |
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Craig Miller
Site Admin
| | 01/15/2007 4:49 PM |
Alert | Isaac,
If you would like side panels too, perhaps you should look at the collapsable awnings you can buy at GI Joes for $70-$130? They will most likely be easier to setup than anything you have attached to your truck, and the benefit is that you can move your truck without having to move the shelter.
I agree about wanting some side protection. For me, an awning coming off the back of the truck with the cargo door open offers a reasonably good 1 person workspace. having a second awning on the other side would offer my family or "guests" a place to hang out away from the elements. I noticed at Whipsaw that without the side protection that the awning only kept the snow off of a 2' by 2' patch. It really wasn't effective. The shadyboy is pretty big, and looks like it would do a better job that what I've rigged up even without sidewalls.
--Craig
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Dan Cronin
Advisor
| | 01/15/2007 5:30 PM |
Alert | | All great and viable options for sure. You should have the opportunity to add and remove panels as needed (depending on the weather) | |
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Isaac Fain
| | 01/15/2007 5:46 PM |
Alert | I was talking to Mistie the other day about this, and she thinks she can probably sew some tarps together to make this work. I like the look of that canvas that Craig uses, but it is heavy and seemed a bit awkard to handle. Sewing the tarps would make things like sleeves for the poles, clear vinyl windows, and elastic bands to hold rolled up panels a distinct possibility. For a 3rd panel I'd probably want to use a heavy duty zipper along the top, which would be "easy" to sew onto and secure once applied.
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Peter Carey
| | 01/15/2007 6:07 PM |
Alert | If you're going to sew it, I'd highly suggest going with Andy's batten idea. even if it's just a couple of loops here and there and you run the batten through it to keep the middle popped up. If not that, then take a serious look at where the water will go. That was the other thing about Craig's, the water control wasn't optimal but can be worked on.
Actually....this might be hard to explain, but if you folded just a bit of tarp near one corner so it made a small, maybe 2" loop below it...hmmm.....think of taking a straight tarp edge, pinch in a bit of it to make a 2-3" loop and sew where your fingers are. That might make just enough of a low point to make the water run out that loop like a spout. Heck, make one on each end and you should be set.
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Craig Miller
Site Admin
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Andy Berglund
Moderator
| | 01/15/2007 11:24 PM |
Alert | velcro sems suspect to me. it wouldn't be that much harder to add a full length zipper. isaac, when you mention tarps, are you talking about the kind that go on top of houses featured in "cops"? i wouldn't think that that would be all that easy to sew.
for the battens, you could replicate tent pole style sleeves with grommets on the ends for the pole. or, just grommets on either end with a small loop in the center to pass the pole through. all you're really looking for is a slight curve to keep water and snow from collecting, right?
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Dan Cronin
Advisor
| | 01/16/2007 3:13 PM |
Alert | | Duct tape and blue tarps from harbor freight. Done deal | |
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Andy Berglund
Moderator
| | 01/16/2007 3:21 PM |
Alert | that would meet ike requirements. would the tape be from there too, or would you recommend splurging for the "good stuff?"
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B Pinson
| | 01/17/2007 11:20 AM |
Alert | If you are going to sew something together, why not use some fabric from this place?
http://www.seattlefabrics.com/nylons.html
I think something out of the 1.3 oz Silicone Ripstop would be much easier to handle than a regular tarp and has a much higher coolness factor.
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