I drove mine under a tree Saturday without thinking and the next thing I knew, dead limbs and umbrella parts were falling on me.#*&!!! Luckily all it did was break the rivets on 2 of the bows. I had it repaired in an hour and was back to cutting grass and staying clear of any trees. I didn't have any rivets, so I cut some small nails and peened the ends. I need to modify the rear pole bracket to pivot the umbrella down a little more.
My wife is constantly after me to get one of these but I have lots of blackjack oaks. To me there is none worse than a blackjack for a cover like this, or any cover. Very tough limbs that like to grow down.
For now it's just me and my future skin cancer. just joking.