Information Discussion for Gate Guards
Thought I'd start a new topic for Gate Guards to use for comments. Like the moderator suggested-keep technical stuff, recipes, mechanical, etc. where they belong. Lets hear from everyone sucking down ...
Forum Discussion
coolbikeman1 wrote:
For the veteran gate guards that have done this for a few years. If we try to do this during the summer it would be nice to have the shade of one of the canopies like shown in your picture. But with the last few days of the very strong winds(before this recent storm) how do you keep them from either flying away or getting completely torn up even if the legs are holding firm on the ground.
the coolbikemanDon/Shar wrote:
I have always liked camping on the edge of a lake, but this is not what I had in mind. Wow...lots of wind, lightning, and obviously water.
Here is a picture with the top on. Notice we use a tie down rope on each corner w/ a noodle over the rope for visibility. We have the weights on each leg. Also we have a rope we take over the top and tie down on all 4 sides. We have one of the better easyups but here in Texas we use this, it only cost $60 and provides shade and if a wind comes up in the middle of the night we will only be out $60 not $200.
We have a really nice big pad on this gate so it gets a lot of use.
