Vinyl carport blues
I have a vinyl carport I had my airstream parked under last winter. This year I moved it out to the pasture to use as shelter for our llamas. We bought a new roof for it because the old one had gotten pretty ratty and a lot of grommits had torn out, and also got sides for it, and it was working just fine. We had it tied down by wiring the legs to T-posts pounded into the ground at each corner and one in the center on one side.
This morning I went out and fed and watered the 'boys', no problems, then an hour later I walked by the front window and saw the image below! The wind (and it has been gusty today) had lifted it UP and off the T posts on one side, blew it over the fence, and left the whole mess in the driveway! The legs on the right side of the picture are still tied to the T Posts, which bent over, and are most pointing at the ground. The poles were completely bent over at the joints. It was completely demolished. I was really surprised, because I thought we had it tied down pretty good, in fact we'd checked it yesterday when they said the windstorm was coming. It wasn't a cheap canopy either, one of the more expensive ones with heavy 2" diameter steel frame.
Glad it wasn't still over the trailer!
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Stephanie
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