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**Canadian694x4** · 10-28-2003, 11:30 PM

.....I had been waiting 2 months for this to be delivered (just in time for the snow). It took my brother and I about 3 hours to put it up Sunday...as you can see I still need to hang the doors...

Brian

*rickspickuppart* · 10-28-2003, 11:33 PM

that thing is cool what does something like that run?

**Canadian694x4** · 10-28-2003, 11:42 PM

well I got a discount (I work at a Home Building Center...'connections')but it cost me $500 (Canadian) for the "Plus 12" Model, which means it's 12 ft Wide, 7 ft High, 25 ft Long...with Heavy Duty Tarp. Shipping is what killed me an extra 150 dollars...so total $650. Not bad for a temp shelter really, i wasn't ready to build a garage yet so this was the way to go.....

**smitty62** · 10-28-2003, 11:46 PM

Do you know how much of a snow load it will handle?

**Canadian694x4** · 10-29-2003, 12:29 AM

Well in their warranties they like to say it isn't designed to stay "untouched" all winter...reasonable maintaince should be done (ie. brushing off accumlated snow etc.) I won't be far from it most of the winter and I plan to "visit" my truck often so it will just be routine for me to brush any snow off well I'm out there...

If your looking for numbers I can't give you any cause they don't really give any...

JHickson6 · 10-29-2003, 12:56 AM

man now all the americans are gonna think we really do live in igloos

Alexis · 10-29-2003, 01:17 AM

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Originally posted by JHickson6
man now all the americans are gonna think we really do live in igloos

YOU MEAN YOU DON'T!!!! WTF! And don't tell me you guys don't have pet beaver either.

*dtlilly* · 10-29-2003, 01:25 AM

That is a nice length, 25' will give you room to do some work.

casey · 10-29-2003, 01:42 AM

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Originally posted by Alexis

YOU MEAN YOU DON'T!!!! WTF! And don't tell me you guys don't have pet beaver either.

oh we got beaver alright,

that truck of yours looks nice and cozy in there, my buddy has one of those there really handy, for storing all sorts of things, I think he payed like 1150.00 for his

Hooter · 10-29-2003, 01:57 AM

hold on gotta go warm up my dog sled, be back in five minutes

ronh72c10 · 10-29-2003, 01:43 PM

Looks good, I saw something similar from http://www.tgeontario.ca/Main.htm. They wanted ~$800CAN for a 12'x24' one, supposedly they are meant to take some snowload.

I want to get one of their 30'x60' ones to put next to the shop, $4000CAN.

Ron

**Canadian694x4** · 10-29-2003, 02:17 PM

Ron you need to get yourself an Avatar...over 100 posts

rambler · 10-29-2003, 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by Canadian694x4
Ron you need to get yourself an Avatar...over 100 posts

Maybe your Avatar should be one of those pet beavers.....

Hooter · 10-29-2003, 03:34 PM

hehe you said pet Beaver

ronh72c10 · 10-29-2003, 04:27 PM

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of beavers (Uhmmm, that are fit to be used as an avatar)

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Originally posted by rambler

Maybe your Avatar should be one of those pet beavers.....

*rickspickuppart* · 10-29-2003, 04:45 PM

here is a beaver pic that is the right size for an avatar, I found a few good ones from that angry beaver cartoon also.

Shawn

**Canadian694x4** · 10-29-2003, 07:39 PM

I used to Work for Beaver Lumber (before it was bought out by Home Hardware) and our moto used to be "Save The Trees, Eat The Beavers"...

*Gee_Emm* · 10-29-2003, 08:05 PM

I got one of those in the summer for my truck, cept it looks different and its white. Make sure to achor it to the ground, I used straps and dog leash ground screw in thingys. Mine isnt rate for snow load and we had some heavy snow here on Monday, I had to come home from work and take the snow off of it, it was caving in a bit. One thing that I did was drill hole and put bolts in at every slip joint where the pipes go together, just in case the poles slip out in heavy wind and fall down on my truck.

I guess this winter will be the test, I only paid $300 CDN for it, just hope it last a couple years.

*Gee_Emm* · 10-29-2003, 08:08 PM

Here is an avatar you could use

**Canadian694x4** · 10-29-2003, 08:14 PM

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Originally posted by Gee_Emm
I got one of those in the summer for my truck, cept it looks different and its white. Make sure to achor it to the ground, I used straps and dog leash ground screw in thingys. Mine isnt rate for snow load and we had some heavy snow here on Monday, I had to come home from work and take the snow off of it, it was caving in a bit. One thing that I did was drill hole and put bolts in at every slip joint where the pipes go together, just in case the poles slip out in heavy wind and fall down on my truck.

I guess this winter will be the test, I only paid $300 CDN for it, just hope it last a couple years.

Gee Emm How thick are the poles of your shelter? Mine are 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" and are made of about 1/2" steel.

The reason mine is grey is cause I went with the heavy duty tarp which only came in grey? Thanks for the pointers...I've already achored it to the ground but I'm not finished yet when I'm done with it hopefully it won't go anywhere...

*Gee_Emm* · 10-29-2003, 11:31 PM

Not sure, they fairly thin walled piping, maybe 1/8" wall, 2" diameter. It was nice not having to run out in the summer with blankets every time there was a chance of hail. Now my only worry is that somebody has a nice place to hide while they break into my truck.

rambler · 10-30-2003, 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by Canadian694x4
I used to Work for Beaver Lumber (before it was bought out by Home Hardware) and our moto used to be "Save The Trees, Eat The Beavers"...

It would be cool to find one of their old signs that had their name and motto printed.. would look great in my shop,

hank · 10-30-2003, 03:10 PM

anybody ever been to beaver, colorado?

they have a liquor store there called...beaver liquors.

casey · 10-31-2003, 12:34 AM

beaver liquors in beaver, whoo mind bender lol

10-28-2003, 11:30 PM	#1
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,308	Gimme Shelter... .....I had been waiting 2 months for this to be delivered (just in time for the snow). It took my brother and I about 3 hours to put it up Sunday...as you can see I still need to hang the doors... Brian Attached Images __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

10-28-2003, 11:42 PM	#3
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,308	well I got a discount (I work at a Home Building Center...'connections')but it cost me $500 (Canadian) for the "Plus 12" Model, which means it's 12 ft Wide, 7 ft High, 25 ft Long...with Heavy Duty Tarp. Shipping is what killed me an extra 150 dollars...so total $650. Not bad for a temp shelter really, i wasn't ready to build a garage yet so this was the way to go..... __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

10-28-2003, 11:46 PM	#4
smitty62 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,234	Do you know how much of a snow load it will handle? __________________ Stepsides look like real trucks! Smitty

10-29-2003, 12:29 AM	#5
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,308	Well in their warranties they like to say it isn't designed to stay "untouched" all winter...reasonable maintaince should be done (ie. brushing off accumlated snow etc.) I won't be far from it most of the winter and I plan to "visit" my truck often so it will just be routine for me to brush any snow off well I'm out there... If your looking for numbers I can't give you any cause they don't really give any... __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

10-29-2003, 12:56 AM	#6
JHickson6 I Love This Stuff! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 739	man now all the americans are gonna think we really do live in igloos __________________ My Rides 1967 C10 In Pieces for now 1985 Ford B700 SourPuss Bus - BIG BLUE 2003 Silverado CITY WORKER YELLOW!!

10-28-2003, 11:33 PM	#2
rickspickuppart Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,284	that thing is cool what does something like that run?

10-29-2003, 01:25 AM	#8
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	That is a nice length, 25' will give you room to do some work.

10-29-2003, 01:57 AM	#10
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	hold on gotta go warm up my dog sled, be back in five minutes __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

10-29-2003, 01:43 PM	#11
ronh72c10 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada Posts: 978	Looks good, I saw something similar from http://www.tgeontario.ca/Main.htm. They wanted ~$800CAN for a 12'x24' one, supposedly they are meant to take some snowload. I want to get one of their 30'x60' ones to put next to the shop, $4000CAN. Ron __________________ 72 Chevy C10 (rust repaired, starting body work) 72 GMC 3/4ton 4x4 72 Chevy C20 Suburban 38 Ford Tudor Humpback Sedan (from the darkside) 67 Pontiac Parisienne 55 Studebaker Commander 2dr Hardtop (Starliner) My Youtube channel with Video Updates!

10-29-2003, 02:17 PM	#12
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,308	Ron you need to get yourself an Avatar...over 100 posts __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

10-29-2003, 03:34 PM	#14
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	hehe you said pet Beaver __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

10-29-2003, 04:45 PM	#16
rickspickuppart Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,284	here you go here is a beaver pic that is the right size for an avatar, I found a few good ones from that angry beaver cartoon also. Shawn Attached Images

10-29-2003, 07:39 PM	#17
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,308	I used to Work for Beaver Lumber (before it was bought out by Home Hardware) and our moto used to be "Save The Trees, Eat The Beavers"... __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

10-29-2003, 08:05 PM	#18
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	I got one of those in the summer for my truck, cept it looks different and its white. Make sure to achor it to the ground, I used straps and dog leash ground screw in thingys. Mine isnt rate for snow load and we had some heavy snow here on Monday, I had to come home from work and take the snow off of it, it was caving in a bit. One thing that I did was drill hole and put bolts in at every slip joint where the pipes go together, just in case the poles slip out in heavy wind and fall down on my truck. I guess this winter will be the test, I only paid $300 CDN for it, just hope it last a couple years.

10-29-2003, 08:08 PM	#19
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	Here is an avatar you could use



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10-29-2003, 11:31 PM	#21
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	Not sure, they fairly thin walled piping, maybe 1/8" wall, 2" diameter. It was nice not having to run out in the summer with blankets every time there was a chance of hail. Now my only worry is that somebody has a nice place to hide while they break into my truck.

10-30-2003, 03:10 PM	#23
hank Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: texas, usa Posts: 194	anybody ever been to beaver, colorado? they have a liquor store there called...beaver liquors.

10-31-2003, 12:34 AM	#24
casey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 2,048	beaver liquors in beaver, whoo mind bender lol

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