ROOFRACK ROLL OUT TARP

Place in Mansfield makes a removable one, that you can store in your car, Snowy Mtns Rug Company. Right next door to the BP servo on way out nth side of town.

Gonna get one one day, after standing up top of the mountains up snowy one arvo, snowing like crap, we were atanding under Darrens one, that had sides to it as well, dry and drinkin coffee.. about 8-10 of us.

Awesome investment dude, you will love it.

I recently saw a very good DIY job. Basically the chap had used polypipe to house the tarp. He'd cut a narrow grove down the full length of the pipe and fitted end caps to both ends. Inside he had a length of round steel with threaded ends and attached one side of the tarp to this using those black fastening thingy's that auto sparkies use to secure wire looms etc (can't think what they're called). Anyway, he'd drilled holes through the centre of each end cap and the steel pipe protruded through there where he'd placed a large nut on each end to secure the whole thing in place. At one end he'd made provision to attach a small handle to wind the tarp back inside the tube after use. The handle he kept under the front passenger seat and simply slipped it in place as required. The whole job including the tarp cost about $50.

:o) Melissa

I've got a large tarp wrapped around a round metal tube and roped to a square tube which I bolt to the side of the roof rack and can then unroll the canvas.
Hold it up with 4 tent poles and guy ropes and the pole position can be altered to bring it down at the front to provide extra shade and shelter.
It's a bit heavy as the canvas is heavy duty stuff but it's proved it's worth when that sun is beating down, or on the rare occassion it's rained on us.
Just what we need ...... plenty of shade to drink cold beer in.

Southern Cross canvas also make one of these - attaches to the roof rack, and is available with or without the sides, in canvas or as a tarp material. Worth checking out.

Cheers
Andrew