[SEL] Favorite portable shade

[Alan]

I started with a plain 10' X 20' canopy like this one.
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=102508
 
I then found that chain link fence top rail pipe was the same outer size so I replaced the "rafter" pipes with longer ones so I now display under an 18' X 20' canopy.  
Buying more pipes, connectors, ball bungies and different sized tarps my canopy can now be put up in these sizes.
10 X 10
10 X 20
18 X 20 
18 X 30
18 X 40
 
I use steel T-posts to hold it down unless I am setting it up one a hard surface then I use sand in 5-gallon buckets.
I like the T-posts because of these tools.
http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=446&cat_id=47
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=t-post+puller
 
Alan in Michigan

--- On Tue, 4/28/09, rdhaskell at juno.com <rdhaskell at juno.com> wrote:


From: rdhaskell at juno.com <rdhaskell at juno.com>
Subject: [SEL] Favorite portable shade
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com, stationary-engine at oldengine.org
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 3:33 PM


Hi all.
What is your favorite portable shade for your displays?  Anything that
was a total waste of money?

Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California USA
http://picasaweb.google.com/RonHaskell