Home made awning

[The BN Guy]

Found this over on Australian 4WD Monthly's site...

http://www.lcool.org/technical/sunshade/sun_shade.html

Not bad and could probably be put together for a song practically.

 

[adventureduo]

Very cool!

 

[bfoxg8r]

That's just what I've been looking for!

I just made a Home Depot run, and ordered a super heavy duty tarp.

Total cost $32.

I'll post some pics when I'm finished.

 

[The BN Guy]

Most definitely do a How-To. That'll help quite a few of us.

 

[Lynn]

Very cool.

One thing I think I would do, which isn't mentioned on the link, is to drill a bunch of drain holes in the bottom of the PVC.

 

[LUISJG]

very cool!! i found some olive drab tarps in amazon.com
also this ones but they might be to bulky
http://shop.coversuperstore.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalog.catalog&categoryID=258

 

[Willman]

Great idea!....looks sharp too!

 

[VikingVince]

Yeah, good idea and easy to do...thanks for posting that.

Rain could easily get in that long slot...he didn't mention it, but I think I'd drill some drain holes in the bottom of the PVC sewer pipe.

 

[Lynn]

Rain could easily get in that long slot...he didn't mention it, but I think I'd drill some drain holes in the bottom of the PVC sewer pipe.

I third that idea!

 

[Funrover]

So has anyone here done this? How does the inside look without the tarp? I am not totally understanding how it works??????

 

[BriansFJ]

I love cheap solutions!:victory:

 

[4307]

This is another project for the to do list :sombrero:

 

[FourByLand]

Funrover,

It looks as though the PVC pipe is smooth inside and its only purpose is to house the tarp.

And I would reccomend drilling holes in the bottom for drainage.

:elkgrin:

 

[jeepmedic46]

I to love cheap solutions.:smiley_drive:

 

[RHINO]

funrover, i made the same thing myself about 8 yrs ago,, its prolly on mud still but i dont have the couple pics of it.

the rod, at least on mine, runs all the way through and the tarp is attached to it. mine is 3" PVC and i used 1/2" electric conduit for the center that i wind the tarp around.

the only problem i really had with it was sagging in the AZ sun, i originally had it mounted at the ends to my roof rack, but had to add a middle hanger for the sagging. i no longer run the roof rack, and have since taken the contraption apart to use just the tarp.