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[*] posted on 9-1-2012 at 02:30 PM
car cover as a power kite


today i was putting my car cover on, and the 15-20 mph winds kept filling it up, making it very difficult to handle, would probably make a decent kite haha.....
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[*] posted on 9-1-2012 at 03:18 PM


Other things that can become inadvertant traction devices....




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[*] posted on 9-1-2012 at 06:07 PM


I had the opposite idea once. Use my useless old foil as a car cover ! It became a BBQ cover instead.



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[*] posted on 9-1-2012 at 09:56 PM


Tried covering a 36' RV in a breeze. Almost took me off the roof for a ride. Lesson learned.



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[*] posted on 9-1-2012 at 10:11 PM


After one runaway incident, I have switch out to using HQ stakes for my tri-shades and they have been much better behaved ever since. :lol:

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[*] posted on 10-1-2012 at 08:57 AM


Unless on ice we stake sunshades and other such stuctures with screw in dog stakes. On ice we use ice srews. Shouldn't we call dog stakes dog screws? Or would that be wrong??:crazy:



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[*] posted on 10-1-2012 at 09:21 AM


Dog stake(steak) sounds like some thing you might get served on other continents... :evil:
Just sayin....:spin:



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[*] posted on 10-1-2012 at 10:30 AM


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