A place I haul into makes tents for our military, so last week I asked if they ever had left over pieces of tent material. He said follow me, they had a stack of end of roll pieces and said help youself so I grabbed 6 of them to try out. Don't know why I never thought of this before I've been hauling in there for years. Most are about 8ft x 5ft. This stuff is light stays flexable in cold temps and should last quite a while. I glued 2 together end to end, these should be perfect for top covering so I'll see how they work out. They said you could sew them together but my wife didn't like that idea so I used glue.
Look at that, it didn't hurt to ask and you got yourself some top covers. How do you think they will hold up in the wind? Do you know what the material is made of?
Should hold up pretty good I have tires I throw on top to hold them down, seems like some sort of synthetic material bonded to a rubberized backing, when I told him what I wanted it for he said that's what a lot of the employees there use it for. Now I just need the snow to melt and the mud to dry up to get some more wood stacked to try em out.
Isn't it amazing how many times we may see or notice something but just pass right by. Then one day it is like that little light comes on. It is a good feeling. My only caution would be that you may have to get some waterproofing to spray on it but I'd try it first. If it needs some, okay but if not, you are good to go. I also am not sure about gluing or taping or sewing them together. Why not make the wood stack to fit the tarps?
I can't believe it took that long for the light to come on I think that's what I'll end up doing at the size these are 1 should cover a cord size stack, I'm gonna try the glue for a longer stack I have started now just to try and keep the water from running under them where they come together.
I went out today to cover the one row that was done but it took a digger..lol.. It's a lot of work but I think I'm gonna redo all three rows that aren't covered. The one that fell wasn't a surprise. The stake hit a rock and no matter where I moved it it still hit it.. The outside one looks worse in person than it does in the pic..lol..
Are you going to have any length to play with at the ends, or will it be close? Put the extra towards the middle, and just overlap them. No need to glue it if there's a good amount of overlap - I doubt very much would get through. Might be easier to deal with in smaller sections when there's a lot of snow on top too. Just my .02
Hey Drvn4wood, you need to put those t-posts away. They are for building fences. Just ask the Woodlands, aka Zap. This is how you build the ends. Stones don't bother then.
