Has anyone done a 12 x 50 tent?

[H20 Toie]

Don't want the cig to be outside when here in california, have plenty of room and have a good cover but thinking that inside a tent would be even better, no idea who to call or even where to start,
Figure someone here would have some clue,

 

[Lumpy]

Tents are great and easy to put together but in a windy situation…not good. I was lucky, The wind picked up my 30X12 and chucked it 20 feet away and didn't put a scratch on my 270…Fing miracle. If ya got the room then I’d put one of those steal building/awnings up for cover. Not sure what the climate is in you neighborhood but if your dipping even close to freezing I’d be draining those blocks just to be sure as well.

 

[Backlash]

I've got a few of the older Costco carport canopies at our house. I hate having stuff exposed to the elements and these do an "OK" job of helping divert the rainwater.

For our Airstream, I simply added a 2' section of conduit to the bottom of each leg, to make the canopy tall enough to park our trailer underneath. It's worked out perfectly!

I order replacement 10x20 covers off eBay for about $100, and they typically last about 3 years. It's not perfect...but it seems to work for our program. Maybe you could find two, then put them one in front of the other for a 10x40 carport. You'd have to lengthen the legs in the same manner we did for our trailer.

 

[t&y]

Shelter Logic is the brand I used to use. Pretty sturdy stuff, but none of them hold up against 30 - 50 mph gust of wind which is what we get out here a couple times a year. Honestly, if you can at your house, just go with a steel car port and be done with it. You can color match the panels or paint them so they go with your house.

 

[Luvnlife]

You will be money ahead doing a steel canopy. With the winds we have at certain times you will be changing out tarps and bunnies all the time.

 

[paradise]

agree with the other guys that a steel carport is a better investment. I’ve done both.

Went with Versatube for a carport at the last house. Was easy to put together and well built. Pricing was good at the time

 

[boat527]

Try these guys .They do custom heavy duty wall and hunting tents. They come to the PDX Sportsman Show every year .Great stuff:

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[Paradox]

Ive been doing work for public school Districts for over 20 years now. They buy a ton of stuff including sprung structures. When the stuff is no longer needed, it goes to on line public auction. I bought a really nice 4 seat Gem electric car (that was used by the President of Cal Poly) for $900 once.

Anyway, a year or so ago I saw a top of the line large (maybe 75 x 75) sprung structure go for a couple of thousand dollars. It had to have cost over $100k new. These are rated for serious wind and are fully enclosed.

Might be worth perusing the various public agency sales to see if anything is available that might work for you.

Public Surplus: Region List

 

[Xstream]

I had a tarp garage for a few years I had no problem with the wind it helped to keep the boat out of the elements
https://ptmtarps.com/ I used this company out of Paramount Ca.

 

[boatnam2]

I did one years ago when I lived in Norco, shit blew apart a year later, plus bungees rotted. Built a metal one, held up decent, few panels blew off in high Norco winds.

 

[havasujeeper]

I also have a 10x20 Costco cover, and it will last 2-3 years, depending on the winds. I was surprised that if you pull up your last order, you can re-order the cover, which is an exact replacement, but I could not find it anywhere on Costco.com.

My neighbor installed a 15 x 50, but he order the commercial type with a corrugated metal roof. It was $2900 delivered, but he installed it with the help of 3-4 of us neighbors. Each down post is lagged into the concrete using Simpson strong bolt wedge anchors at the base of each leg. He did add cross supports and tied it into the adjacent block wall for added support for when the Santa Ana winds hit us.

 

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Used these guys for my Islander canopy

 

[Ducksquasher]

Ive been doing work for public school Districts for over 20 years now. They buy a ton of stuff including sprung structures. When the stuff is no longer needed, it goes to on line public auction. I bought a really nice 4 seat Gem electric car (that was used by the President of Cal Poly) for $900 once.

Anyway, a year or so ago I saw a top of the line large (maybe 75 x 75) sprung structure go for a couple of thousand dollars. It had to have cost over $100k new. These are rated for serious wind and are fully enclosed.

Might be worth perusing the various public agency sales to see if anything is available that might work for you.

Public Surplus: Region List

This in interesting...you just create an account and away you go?

 

[DLC]

I would do something like this…. Maybe run the sides down farther….

Depot !

 

[DLC]

You could make a curtain for the frt and back or get some metal stud and make a set of gates or a wall …

 

[DLC]

This one is 12 frt wide

 

[Javajoe]

Is there a reason there are a lot of these that are not fully sheeted to the ground? Are they just engineered this way? I would really be concerned about anchoring that bad boy. Heavy wind upload forces are brutal on big structures.

 

[DLC]

Is there a reason there are a lot of these that are not fully sheeted to the ground? Are they just engineered this way? I would really be concerned about anchoring that bad boy. Heavy wind upload forces are brutal on big structures.

I think some of it is cost and like you said up load!

Be great to set it on a slab or a curb and anchor it down

 

[OLDRAAT]

We use these on our small cabins at the ranch. We have lots of limestone and shale in Oklahoma, so they can just be set and coverred. You can always bury in concrete if the soil is sandy.

 

[Paradox]

This in interesting...you just create an account and away you go?

Yes

 

[SoCalDave]

I had a tarp garage for a few years I had no problem with the wind it helped to keep the boat out of the elements
https://ptmtarps.com/ I used this company out of Paramount Ca.

I've used these guys as well before. Have a 15x40 and a 12x30. Both are disassembled now but when we have big events one or the other goes up. If left up the tarps last about 3 years then just buy a replacement. The 15x40 is about 15' high in the middle and 8' on each side. They sell side panels as well. If stacked down properly you shouldn't have any issues with it blowing away, atleast I didn't for the 2 years it was left up. Stored my 210 under the 12x30 with room to spare. It sux leaving anything in the so cal sun even with a cover on it.
BtW the tarps are heavy duty and white so the stay cool underneath them.

 

[Orange Juice]

$12k. Plus concrete slab and roll up door.

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[Tank]

What about dropping 6 posts and then roofing it? I’m talking basic stuff. Like dig a hole and sink The post with some concrete. Purchase 3 pre fab trusets, frame
Out the roof, done. Seems like it’d be pretty basic and not crazy expensive. 10’x50’



I agree though Dan, you don’t want that boat sitting outside. I brought ours out from havasu in July. Full cover to chine in clean paved lot. Thing was filthy. Never again. It will Be stored indoors from
Now on. Always.

 

[Willie B]

… I just recovered my Spectra 24 and my Sanger 18 foot runner bottom… First with clear visqueen over the boat cover… Then silver tarps over the visqueen… Strap them tight over the boat with Harbor freight straps… Make sure none of the metal on the straps touches the boat… Put an old towel under the metal cinch…
Been doing this for years on my boats.., The wind can’t blow them off …the rain can’t get in the boat… and the sun can’t damage the boat…
… Can’t remember how big your boat is… The point being is I don’t know if Harbor freight sells silver tarps, large enough to cover your boat with one tarp???…
… Might have to build an erector set type, set up …Out of white PVC plastic pipe to hold the silver tarp and visqueen up… So water can’t puddle on the silver tarp

 

[boatnam2]

I used PTM also, i put frame posts in concrete. Drove by the other day and frame still up along with 100ft of wall I put in, palms were 2ft high when I installed them in 2003 looks like they have grown up. Took a pic of little wall i had done also, still looks good 20 years later.

 

[boatnam2]

The wall! I wonder what a 10ft x 100’ block wall would cost today?

 

[Orange Juice]

Is there a reason there are a lot of these that are not fully sheeted to the ground? Are they just engineered this way? I would really be concerned about anchoring that bad boy. Heavy wind upload forces are brutal on big structures.

Building codes and taxes. Also if you have a motor home, you may want a view, other than a wall.

Most just want shade.

 

[rightytighty]

Be careful how you install from a Permit POV.

Example: posts in concrete mean permanent which = permit and set back requirements where i am.

But… buckets at each post filled with concrete and a 2x6 with j bolt on top to bolt to = portable and no permit or setback issues.

Ive even heard stupid shit like red heads = permanent and Tap Con = portable.

In short, look into what you can get away with without having to deal with permits where you are, if possible.