Wow,this was a costly Bike Week........

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03-08-2010, 09:33 AM

Errk08

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That must have been a big camping spot you had for your truck to be 75ft away

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03-08-2010, 09:47 AM

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simple solution - leave the truck at home and take the bike to BIKE week.

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03-08-2010, 10:42 AM

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Why use a tent? Why not just sleep in the back of the truck?

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03-08-2010, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by drogers

Well I had my camping spot on the the infield at the speedway for the week and Tuesday it was hell with the wind. 30 mph steady. Then a 50 mph gust came and blew my heavy duty Easyup tarp out of the ground and hurled it thru the air like in Wizard of Oz and it landed 75 ft away square on my 2009 Ford Super Duty. Looks like several thousand dollars damage if you can believe that. Pics and estimate to follow. BTW this is the third tarp three years in a row we have lost due to wind. It never fails,only this one took out my truck.

A tarp "took out" your ford truck ?.....sounds like ya need a DODGE!

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03-08-2010, 10:59 AM

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You should just wrap your truck in the tarp next year.

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03-08-2010, 11:38 AM

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Same thing happened to my bike at truck week.

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03-08-2010, 11:44 AM

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What's the saying about people who keep trying the same thing, expecting different results?

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03-08-2010, 11:52 AM

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Same thing happened to my bike at truck week.

I've see what one of those tarps can do when it catches air. Like someone else said, be glad it hit your truck and not someone else's.

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03-08-2010, 11:57 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by drogers

Well I had my camping spot on the the infield at the speedway for the week and Tuesday it was hell with the wind. 30 mph steady. Then a 50 mph gust came and blew my heavy duty Easyup tarp out of the ground and hurled it thru the air like in Wizard of Oz and it landed 75 ft away square on my 2009 Ford Super Duty. Looks like several thousand dollars damage if you can believe that. Pics and estimate to follow. BTW this is the third tarp three years in a row we have lost due to wind. It never fails,only this one took out my truck.

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With the name EASYUP,,, sounds like it did what its supposed to do...
Its came up easy...