Well 11.30 last night seen me and the boss pulling down our annex. Thought we could cheat and leave the front (tow hitch end) wall out but the main wall has no anchor system to the front support pole. So when the wind huffed and puffed the pegs come out and allowed the wall to travel along the sail track and flap all over the place. So we pulled the whole lot down and I have just finished putting it back up with the inclusion of the missing wall. No damage done but have learnt the lesson that all walls must be inplace if expecting wind.
cheers
blaze
ps thought for the day
time for a beer
Ma said
01:59 AM Jan 31, 2012
Like your daily thoughts there Blaze.
Glad all ended up well with the annex.
I have a horror of winds
Blue Orchid said
02:00 AM Jan 31, 2012
bu**er the annex, lets have another beer.
blaze said
02:10 AM Jan 31, 2012
Blue Orchid wrote:
bu**er the annex, lets have another beer.
bent and twisted arm, but ok blue
cheers
blaze
ps
nice to day low 30's
Cruising Granny said
02:47 AM Jan 31, 2012
My awning is flapping madly right now. It's so fragile and brittle, stretched and flaking that I can't tighten it anymore. I'm pricing a new awning right now. It protects the stuff I have stowed beneath it, but the walls don't fit anymore. It's too old and rotten to be covered if it get ripped in the wind. Insurance won't look at it. I had it assessed in Cairns, and that was the response. So it's a new, UV protected awning for me, some time in the near future. The best price so far for supply and install = $1200.
jimbo said
02:56 AM Jan 31, 2012
Even if it's only a light breeze...I always put extra ropes and pegs in
the rocket said
04:24 AM Jan 31, 2012
yeh. good idea. now the emergency is over. have a beer. rocket n strop
Antique Pete said
02:06 PM Jan 31, 2012
I have camped at the Marybough show grounds about five times and the wind at that site is shocking, last year almost took our tent away and it comes up without warning
blaze said
04:58 PM Jan 31, 2012
Well alls good this morning, the annex is still in place. Never had a problem when all the walls are in place. cheers blaze
_wombat_ said
05:32 PM Jan 31, 2012
blaze wrote:
Blue Orchid wrote:
bu**er the annex, lets have another beer.
bent and twisted arm, but ok blue
cheers
blaze
ps
nice to day low 30's
hope your arm is getting better
you have to watch that WA wind
Ma said
06:36 PM Jan 31, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
blaze wrote:
Blue Orchid wrote:
bu**er the annex, lets have another beer.
bent and twisted arm, but ok blue
cheers
blaze
ps
nice to day low 30's
hope your arm is getting better
you have to watch that WA wind
Not to mention being able to lift the next beer hey..............
Well 11.30 last night seen me and the boss pulling down our annex. Thought we could cheat and leave the front (tow hitch end) wall out but the main wall has no anchor system to the front support pole. So when the wind huffed and puffed the pegs come out and allowed the wall to travel along the sail track and flap all over the place. So we pulled the whole lot down and I have just finished putting it back up with the inclusion of the missing wall. No damage done but have learnt the lesson that all walls must be inplace if expecting wind.
cheers
blaze
ps thought for the day
time for a beer
Like your daily thoughts there Blaze.
Glad all ended up well with the annex.
I have a horror of winds
bent and twisted arm, but ok blue
cheers
blaze
ps
nice to day low 30's
I'm pricing a new awning right now.
It protects the stuff I have stowed beneath it, but the walls don't fit anymore.
It's too old and rotten to be covered if it get ripped in the wind. Insurance won't look at it. I had it assessed in Cairns, and that was the response.
So it's a new, UV protected awning for me, some time in the near future. The best price so far for supply and install = $1200.
Even if it's only a light breeze...I always put extra ropes and pegs in
yeh. good idea. now the emergency is over. have a beer. rocket n strop
I have camped at the Marybough show grounds about five times and the wind at that site is shocking, last year almost took our tent away and it comes up without warning
cheers
blaze
hope your arm is getting better
you have to watch that WA wind
Not to mention being able to lift the next beer hey..............