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Wow,this was a costly Bike Week........
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[QUOTE=Unome;6366715]Wow....tough crowd!!! 
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'Bout what I expected. I take my truck cause I pull a trailer that is my home for the week and because I take a ton of stuff including more than one motorcycle. Plus,I only live 50 miles away. I used to ride and do the hotel thing,but I prefer to stay in the infield. A it takes is one storm to pop up and those pop up tarp frames are turned into a pretzel. Anyway,got my estimate today. $5,000 $1,000 deductible and 200 bucks to by my buddy a new tarp that I borrowed. Doh'
[/QUOTE'Bout what I expected. I take my truck cause I pull a trailer that is my home for the week and because I take a ton of stuff including more than one motorcycle. Plus,I only live 50 miles away. I used to ride and do the hotel thing,but I prefer to stay in the infield. A it takes is one storm to pop up and those pop up tarp frames are turned into a pretzel. Anyway,got my estimate today. $5,000 $1,000 deductible and 200 bucks to by my buddy a new tarp that I borrowed. Doh'
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From: Joliet, Illinois
'Bout what I expected. I take my truck cause I pull a trailer that is my home for the week and because I take a ton of stuff including more than one motorcycle. Plus,I only live 50 miles away. I used to ride and do the hotel thing,but I prefer to stay in the infield. A it takes is one storm to pop up and those pop up tarp frames are turned into a pretzel. Anyway,got my estimate today. $5,000 $1,000 deductible and 200 bucks to by my buddy a new tarp that I borrowed. Doh'
Having done countless car & bike shows, setting up a booth to sell custom paint products, I have a lot of experience with pop-ups. The first thing I can tell you is you get what you pay for. Cheap pop-ups are good for calm days with no or almost no wind. No matter how much you tie or weigh them down, any decent wind will destroy them. A good pop-up canopy is expensive, but holds up to wind much better. The frame is heavier and the canopy itself is more wind resistant. Even then, you need to tie and weigh them down. With your truck and trailer there, it's not a bad idea to put one of them right behind the pop-up to use as an anchor (tie off the the pop-up to the truck or trailer). In a very strong wind, the only really good answer is to take them down.
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