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Old May 20, 2013 | 11:01 AM
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Since we're discussing cover and shelter variants, I'll just throw my opinion, FWIW. I've used covers back when I was playing with 'Birds and Vetts. My spare time then was at a premium. I always found it to be a real PIA to drag a cover on or off by myself. Seems like about half the time I wanted to cover the car it was wet, dirty or both. And I can't remember how many times I've had a cover slip into the dirt. Give me a roof over my vehicles.
 
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Old May 20, 2013 | 02:23 PM
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Eric/Doraville on here sent me a picture of his canopy, which was about 30 ft long and 20 ft wide, that he kept a 5th wheel trailer under. They had a windstorm earlier this year and it flipped it over and bent it up pretty bad. It was anchored with concrete and ground augers as I recall. I don't trust those things.
 
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Old May 20, 2013 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ALBUQ F-1
Eric/Doraville on here sent me a picture of his canopy, which was about 30 ft long and 20 ft wide, that he kept a 5th wheel trailer under. They had a windstorm earlier this year and it flipped it over and bent it up pretty bad. It was anchored with concrete and ground augers as I recall. I don't trust those things.
That storm that hit Eric's place took out many houses as well as much damage to commercial properties along interstate 75. I know where Eric lives but I had forgotten about him being in that area of the bad storms. The steel port I had in FL was about the size of Eric's and it was certified for 100 MPH winds under the southern building code. You start getting into tornado winds and not much is completely safe.
 
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