Harbor Freight 10 x 17 coverpro portable car tent

Installing a harbor freight carport tent. This is a 10 x 17 covered pro.

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  • @matthewpalsgrove2965
    @matthewpalsgrove2965 Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate the help! Got it done in no time thanks to you 🤙🏽

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mat! Glad I could help. Love the bass in your profile pic! I have a few bass videos.

  • @paulsylvester1394

    @paulsylvester1394

    Жыл бұрын

    Love the video including the wayward screws. It used to be that “experience is what you get just AFTER you needed it”. This provides the experience before you need it. I think I would drill pilot holes in all the female ends of joiners before assembly and use those to guide the drill/driver for the rest of the hole. And although the song said to, you never needed to shake a Polaroid picture. I used to design the cameras!

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulsylvester1394 haha! I know. That was a myth. I grew up w Polaroids. My dad used to shake them all the time hahaha! And thanks!

  • @MadsWorld34
    @MadsWorld34 Жыл бұрын

    that duct tape and screws sounds like a good idea. thanks because i have no choice but to buy something to cover my bikes and mower until i get my shop built. and the way things are going it might be years before i ever get to work on it.

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Glen. These tents last for years

  • @william38022

    @william38022

    10 ай бұрын

    We just built one of these last weekend I’m impressed with it very satisfied overall. we did not try zip screws however we used gorilla duct tape and we used flat block on the ground (flat concrete blocks the solid kind) and I used a small Masonary drill bit and drilled holes in the blocks and then used tap com screws to screw down the feet of the garage into the concrete blocks it gives it weight so it doesn’t blow away. you can use ground anchors if you’d like how ever I understand the ground anchors that came with ours will back on their own after a while so we did not use them. We’re going to use our gasoline powered earth auger we bought at Harbor Freight and drill a couple holes 🕳 about a foot or so deep inside the garage probably along the sides at or near the ends and put some heavy duty long U-bolts in the 🕳 holes and then put in some sack Crete so we can use some of that heavy duty vinyl coated security cable with loops at both ends so we can lock up our more valuable items riding lawnmower Rototiller push mower etc. etc. and in that a way we would be adding A little security to the shed as well.

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    10 ай бұрын

    @@william38022 you will find they are very sturdy

  • @william38022

    @william38022

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tsaipod 👍

  • @themusic8959
    @themusic89598 ай бұрын

    Actually life saving

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    8 ай бұрын

    Haha. Thanks

  • @twrecks4598
    @twrecks45988 ай бұрын

    Nice vid and good info. I think my uncle has one for hay storage but had the tarp replaced with formed sheet metal… have you considered trying that?? Seems like u get decent use out of these!

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    8 ай бұрын

    That’s a fantastic idea!

  • @zl14l41
    @zl14l418 ай бұрын

    Im glad im a year late to the show, did they all hold up through the winter? What was the heaviest snow you got and did you have to clean off the canopy roofs? I saw one of these collapse under snow load on an old corvette (😮) but i dont know if it was properly assembled/pulled taught. I want one to use as a semi-pemanent hot tent for winter camping, but rolling up to a collapsed tent would suck!

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    7 ай бұрын

    Mine is still up as all four that I have installed in the past they usually last for 5 to 7 years at the very least if not more. If you construct them properly, you should have no snow buildup on these the snow will roll off the top because the angle is so great on the roof with the plastic. I’m not sure what you’re talking about the snow building up on rods but no snow builds up on mine. If you have any other questions, let me know and thanks for watching

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    7 ай бұрын

    And yes, we get bouts of extremely heavy snowfall here. Plus, I live near farmers field phone in the winter time the wind blows ferociously, and these things stand up to it.

  • @zl14l41

    @zl14l41

    7 ай бұрын

    @tsaipod appreciate the info! So, considering your experience my neighbor's canopy just was not pulled tight enough then, the snow collected on the roof in-between the supports (over a few days), and collapsed, that was why I wanted to know if you were clearing it off between storms or anything (my campsite is remote). But this seems like a viable option now, thanks!

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes! If you don’t do it right and don’t pull the material tight the material will droop and not only snow but rainwater will collect in the material on the roof. If you pull it tight this will not happen. They last many years

  • @wailoh4332
    @wailoh43326 ай бұрын

    Best way to make it last in the sun is paint. White house paint.

  • @SamuelOrtiz-rh7sh
    @SamuelOrtiz-rh7sh11 ай бұрын

    Dude u are awsome how did u get the door so tight

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    11 ай бұрын

    Skin on the door? Just crank the straps down. If that’s what you mean

  • @drippingwax
    @drippingwax Жыл бұрын

    I still don't understand how to do the ends, but I lost the instructions. I looked up them and they don't make any sense, but based on your video I installed the bottom side poles prematurely. I am going to watch some more videos.

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    Жыл бұрын

    What do you mean by ends?

  • @drippingwax

    @drippingwax

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tsaipod Front and back. I figured it out. I still need to remove the poles and slide them through the sleeves, but it is okay for now.

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    Жыл бұрын

    @@drippingwax OK good yeah the horizontal Paul’s need slid through the sleeves for the whole tent will not tighten down

  • @drippingwax

    @drippingwax

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tsaipod I watered the lawn without sliding the horizontal poles through the sleeves and the roof collected water! :D

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    Жыл бұрын

    @@drippingwax that’s funny sounds like something I would do. The first time I put one up, I put it together wrong. Can you believe those polls on the front and back? I actually squished them through the front and back flaps like the horizontal ones I don’t even know how I got them through and I was swearing at China the entire time that they didn’t make the sleeves big enough I finally got them through but I’ll tell you what that tent stayed up probably 78 years before wind broke the side of it. They should make those flats bigger on the front and back and you should put the vertical pulls through them as well like I did the first time that was the sturdiest when I put up.

  • @zacharnett9574
    @zacharnett95746 ай бұрын

    How tall is the doorway? Thanks

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    6 ай бұрын

    I’m inside for the night, but I’m gonna guess it’s anywhere from 7 to 8 feet tall

  • @william38022
    @william3802211 ай бұрын

    Gorilla duct tape,,,Red Green on steroids👍

  • @lifeofzeezus3494
    @lifeofzeezus34949 ай бұрын

    Will it fit a truck or suv ?

  • @tsaipod

    @tsaipod

    9 ай бұрын

    It’s 10 by 17 I think. So depends. We had an antique ford truck under one

  • @broeheemed32

    @broeheemed32

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes... it will fit. As long as you don't want to open the doors.