dmg
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That looks great! Looks like something that I would do . You can't beat the price either . Thanks for the pictures.
The ultimate cheap canopy
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patrick_g
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Good price, good enough color match, great size... what's not to like!
There are a couple negatives that you need to consider when you mount it: 1. use come sort of doublers to spread the load over a larger area at the points of attachment or it will stress crack and be ruined fairly quickly by the rough ride and any wind effects. I would consider thin wall conduit or better yet square tubing all the way around the edge to distribute the stress. That is the way it was engineered to handle the strain, by contact all the way around and 2. Wind loading can be fierce. You can't depend on it always being in perfect neutral profille to the wind and it has quite a large sail area. Those doublers to spread the stress need to be on both sides i.e. top and bottom as the wind will try to raise and lower it at random
Avoid letting it flutter at all from wind effects or it may develop cracks after a few jillion cycles of wind induced flutter.
If you support it sufficiently it should make you a very good sun shade and rain cover.
To gild the lily you could put snap and or twist fasteners on the edges to take clear plastic "dodgers" that would give you a semi-enclosed operating position for rainy days and as cold wind protection. I refer to the kind of plastic used to make flexible windows for Jeep doors, boat canvas, and such. I have such for my dune buggy and they are fast and easy off and on and keep out a lot of rain and cold winter when I am crazy enough to run a dune buggy in the snow.
Pat
There are a couple negatives that you need to consider when you mount it: 1. use come sort of doublers to spread the load over a larger area at the points of attachment or it will stress crack and be ruined fairly quickly by the rough ride and any wind effects. I would consider thin wall conduit or better yet square tubing all the way around the edge to distribute the stress. That is the way it was engineered to handle the strain, by contact all the way around and 2. Wind loading can be fierce. You can't depend on it always being in perfect neutral profille to the wind and it has quite a large sail area. Those doublers to spread the stress need to be on both sides i.e. top and bottom as the wind will try to raise and lower it at random
Avoid letting it flutter at all from wind effects or it may develop cracks after a few jillion cycles of wind induced flutter.
If you support it sufficiently it should make you a very good sun shade and rain cover.
To gild the lily you could put snap and or twist fasteners on the edges to take clear plastic "dodgers" that would give you a semi-enclosed operating position for rainy days and as cold wind protection. I refer to the kind of plastic used to make flexible windows for Jeep doors, boat canvas, and such. I have such for my dune buggy and they are fast and easy off and on and keep out a lot of rain and cold winter when I am crazy enough to run a dune buggy in the snow.
Pat
srsu99
Bronze Member
I think someone already covered this but. You say your tractor doesn't go very fast but if you ever haul it......... The factor fiberglass top blew off my FIL's ford 6610 cab tractor while he was hauling 70 mph down the road. Glad noone was behind him. Really didnt damage it much other than alittle roadrash. Wonder why it fell off? Could it be unnoticed damage from him turning the tractor over while trying to pull a heavily load gooseneck trailer down a hill. oh BTW he was not hurt, thank god|!