umpqua
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Built a carport for the Land Cruiser this weekend. Very important if you live in Oregon.
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Nice! We have the same issue up here in Seattle! I plan on doing nearly the same thing here soon, very similar to yours where it isn't attached to house, self supported but as close to house as I can get it.
umpqua
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There is a blond hair of separation between the carport and the house. Technically (hopefully) it qualifies as a "free standing structure" which keeps the City of Portland permitting people out of the picture. Hopefully. Google Earth won't be my friend here.
The carport isn't complete.....needs shingles and I'm using a privacy fence as the outside wall. The truck sat in this never.ending.gd. rain for over 3 years. I was really sorry about that but needed to come up with the coin to put it up. A huge improvement.
The 40 has sat in the garage which is now behind the carport.
The carport isn't complete.....needs shingles and I'm using a privacy fence as the outside wall. The truck sat in this never.ending.gd. rain for over 3 years. I was really sorry about that but needed to come up with the coin to put it up. A huge improvement.
The 40 has sat in the garage which is now behind the carport.
Looking good umqua. I also live in PDX and can attest to the never ending rain for half the year. Good looking 60 and glad you can now keep her dry and can work on her in peace. Hopefully you can keep Multnomah Co. away so your property taxes don't increase, they are high enough as it is. Love the year round Xmas lights you have going.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Ha, a blonde hair is pretty darn close. True that for permitting. I live in a suburb of Seattle and don't think they will look at it too hard. Free standing structures are sometimes limited in area and setbacks for structures from property lines, but eh, we gotta protect our Cruisers.
I have about 12-feet from house to property line so plan to make it 10-feet wide keeping a couple feet extra. I also have a 6-foot fence that sits on a 3-foot wall, so 9-feet high at property line. This sits the carport down a bit and won't be too visible from street. Then I'll have a flat roof with some slope to the side. Will post some pics later down the road when it gets built.
I've kept mine under a car cover for the last 2 years, which has worked pretty well just tedious. I have the notorious rain gutter leak so am pretty adamant about keeping it covered. Plan to do the gutter fix this spring and install carport before fall.
I have about 12-feet from house to property line so plan to make it 10-feet wide keeping a couple feet extra. I also have a 6-foot fence that sits on a 3-foot wall, so 9-feet high at property line. This sits the carport down a bit and won't be too visible from street. Then I'll have a flat roof with some slope to the side. Will post some pics later down the road when it gets built.
I've kept mine under a car cover for the last 2 years, which has worked pretty well just tedious. I have the notorious rain gutter leak so am pretty adamant about keeping it covered. Plan to do the gutter fix this spring and install carport before fall.
By chance i do. PM me if you want to stop by and say hi.
I will post some pics here to show you the design I just made yesterday to lift my RTT into a rafter set up
just like that. Nice to not lug the weight around when not needed. 6 pulleys, one boat winch, unlimited cursing.
just like that. Nice to not lug the weight around when not needed. 6 pulleys, one boat winch, unlimited cursing.
This is over 8' up. I used a nylon rope from my well, so it has no elasticity. The pulleys are marine nylon, kind of expensive, but
they last a long time and are virtually friction free. I mounted the roof racks to the tent exactly as they mount to the truck. So
I don't have to try to reattach the tent each time either. So this solves your issue as well. I designed the width of the pulleys
so they are 1" wider than the tent so the ropes don't 'pinch' the sides of the tent over time and possibly distort the sides.
The pulleys are also exactly the same gap as the roof bars so each rope pulls completely vertical. There is no lateral tension
at all. I started with the tent actually on 30" high saw horses not the top of the truck. I figure there is a chance I need to put it
on a trailer or just to clean it. Almost forgot, I used 1 1/2" #10 screws to hold the pulleys, I don't expect any issues with
them to pull out or shear.
Hope this helps,
they last a long time and are virtually friction free. I mounted the roof racks to the tent exactly as they mount to the truck. So
I don't have to try to reattach the tent each time either. So this solves your issue as well. I designed the width of the pulleys
so they are 1" wider than the tent so the ropes don't 'pinch' the sides of the tent over time and possibly distort the sides.
The pulleys are also exactly the same gap as the roof bars so each rope pulls completely vertical. There is no lateral tension
at all. I started with the tent actually on 30" high saw horses not the top of the truck. I figure there is a chance I need to put it
on a trailer or just to clean it. Almost forgot, I used 1 1/2" #10 screws to hold the pulleys, I don't expect any issues with
them to pull out or shear.
Hope this helps,
Oh yeah, the ratchet strap is for safety. Back up as it were.
umpqua
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Thank you very much for the photo's. This is exactly what I have under my carport and it would be "great" to have an easy way to remove the tent. My tent is mounted on an Inti rack and has a total of 18 nuts/bolts to remove it. I am interested in possibly putting Yakima cross bars on the Inti then the tent on the Yakima's. This gets the wheels turning as it would be fantastic to have the rack space when the tent is not needed.
Humm......need to think on this. If I can get the Yakima's on the Inti then I am golden.
Humm......need to think on this. If I can get the Yakima's on the Inti then I am golden.
