QuickCarl
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Just got back from having the front and back windows tinted to 15% (mod number one) ?also had BAT2 backup sensors installed (mod number two) ?which is almost all I have time for this weekend since nothing else has arrived via FedEx, UPS or USPS yet.... 
But I got to thinking that working on the truck and doing all of the appearance maintenance stuff HAS to be done outside... don't know about your garage but unless you have an industrial sized shop there just ain't much room in there... so the choice is take it outside, where you have room to work....
BUT all of the directions (and anyone with good sense) say keep the truck cool and out of direct sunlight. ?This is to keep the surfaces cool while you are washing and waxing... question is, how do I do that on a budget? ?I ask it this way because I want to conserve cash for REAL mods to the truck itself... so I started thinking....
And I came up with "Carl's Carwash Canopy"
Here is how it works.... (mind you I just typing the idea right now and am about to head to the store to purchase and build this thing in a few minutes) ?
1) Purchase 4 Home Depot homer buckets. ?
2) Purchase enough builders sand to fill each of the buckets. ?
3) Purchase PVC pipe (not sure about the diameter yet, I am going to try 2 inch) you need at least 4 8 foot sticks
4) Purchase 4 straight joint couplers
5) Purchase 4 caps
6) Purchase a tarp of your choosing (make sure it has grommets
7) Obtain 4 16 penny nails
Cut the sticks to 4 foot lengths.
Fill the buckets with sand.
Push the PVC pipe down into the bucket to the bottom, centered within the bucket. Repeat for all buckets.
Join another 4 foot section to each using the coupler.
Heat a nail read hot, and drive it through the cap from the outside to the inside , point first so that it sticks into and through the cap and leaves the head exposed.
Repeat for all four caps. ?Place the caps on the tops of each PVC pole.
You should now heave four portable, collapsible, and weighted canopy posts. ?Place them in the driveway, stretch the tarp between them... you should now have a carwash canopy.
I will report back with pictures when I finish. ?I can already think of a few things that could be altered or modded... number of poles, diameter of PVC, type of cap, type of tarp, sand versus cement.....
Hope this gives someone really creative a good idea.
-Carl
***Note: I ended up using 1.5 inch Schedule 40, comes in 10 foot sticks, hd them cut it right in the store for me.
But I got to thinking that working on the truck and doing all of the appearance maintenance stuff HAS to be done outside... don't know about your garage but unless you have an industrial sized shop there just ain't much room in there... so the choice is take it outside, where you have room to work....
BUT all of the directions (and anyone with good sense) say
And I came up with "Carl's Carwash Canopy"
Here is how it works.... (mind you I just typing the idea right now and am about to head to the store to purchase and build this thing in a few minutes) ?
1) Purchase 4 Home Depot homer buckets. ?
2) Purchase enough builders sand to fill each of the buckets. ?
3) Purchase PVC pipe (not sure about the diameter yet, I am going to try 2 inch) you need at least 4 8 foot sticks
4) Purchase 4 straight joint couplers
5) Purchase 4 caps
6) Purchase a tarp of your choosing (make sure it has grommets
7) Obtain 4 16 penny nails
Cut the sticks to 4 foot lengths.
Fill the buckets with sand.
Push the PVC pipe down into the bucket to the bottom, centered within the bucket. Repeat for all buckets.
Join another 4 foot section to each using the coupler.
Heat a nail read hot, and drive it through the cap from the outside to the inside , point first so that it sticks into and through the cap and leaves the head exposed.
Repeat for all four caps. ?Place the caps on the tops of each PVC pole.
You should now heave four portable, collapsible, and weighted canopy posts. ?Place them in the driveway, stretch the tarp between them... you should now have a carwash canopy.
I will report back with pictures when I finish. ?I can already think of a few things that could be altered or modded... number of poles, diameter of PVC, type of cap, type of tarp, sand versus cement.....
Hope this gives someone really creative a good idea.
-Carl***Note: I ended up using 1.5 inch Schedule 40, comes in 10 foot sticks, hd them cut it right in the store for me.
? No Photo. ?
which just came in the mail yesterday and I found out last night!!