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Old 04-21-08, 06:42 PM   #5
joshoisasleep
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I have been thinking alot about this very thing lately. I was trying to think of a way easily cover the back and sides of a 60, for cooking on the tailgate, shading the interior for hot mornings, and keeping out rain and even bugs. One of the ideas that my brain came up with is a scissor-action frame for each side that goes at an upward angle to provide headroom (two scissors, one going up, another back down maybe). The canvas sections could zip together with huge zippers, and even have roll down bug screen sides... bug screen is super light. If it was all attached right, I was thinking the scissors would be able to pull the canvas in and out quickly and easily.

I know this is not a PVC pipe sort of construction, but the kind of things I'm thinking up are those that can easily be built by a monkey with a welder... they're easy to find where I am. I would think you could make it with wood... maybe bamboo?


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