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dippyhull



Member Since: 20 Jun 2012
Location: East Yorks, UK
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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Orkney Grey
Tiger wrote:
Crabs = Carabiners

Sorry Whistle

Cheap small ones work well

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-D-Shape-colo...3cd01b953d

Works well with my roof rack but saying that I've done the exact same set up with our Disco3 without a rack.

Will take some photos then all will make sense


YY piccies most excellent Smile me want to go shopping but you look to have listed all the good bits... Smile

D MY12 110 XS Ute, silver & grey now...
'75 109 fire engine (nearly ready to roll)...
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davew



Member Since: 02 Jan 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
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England 1990 Defender 90 V8 Petrol PU Auto Rioja Red
party monkey wrote:
We have the smaller Coleman event shelter for exactly that purpose and doubles as a communal area whilst camping.

Uv resistant too and you can buy clip on side panels for extra shelter. Takes about 10 mins to put up on your own and can be guyed down for extra stability if needed

You should see the envy from the other teams when their pop up gazebos blow away and we're all good.

Can't post a link at the mo as am a mobile techno cretin but search amazon


The coleman shelters are OK in a light breeze but will die very quickly in anything more. We bought one for the club to use as an addition to our normal "unbreakable" garage tent that has stood up to force 9 gales on the coast.

We're on our second Coleman after a gust of wind destroyed nearly every pole and ripped the covering on our first. It didn't blow away but the poles collapsed and snapped. We've given it a bit more stability by adding a telescopic centre pole that stops the top/centre moving up and down but we still take the cover off it when nobody is around to intervene if the wind gets up.

On the plus side we did get it replaced under warranty...

The supplier we got our first one from said that he'd had "hundreds" of them returned in pieces due to wind damage.

Wind problems aside, it is a very good shelter, comparatively light and small so is easy to transport even in a 90 - our "garage" style indestructible tent weighs a ton and has poles that are 7 feet long which makes it a real pain to transport.

For our 90 we bought a tarpaulin and some eyelets and made our own side shelter - quick to put up, very cheap and can double as a ground protector for the roof tent annex. http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/
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andbell



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Hi
Would be keen to see any photos you have of the DD tarp with a Disco3.

Andy
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