Mountaintrekker
05-06-2008, 11:09 PM
Seeing the post about the homemade tomahawk and now knowing some of you folks like a good something for nothing I thought I'd share.
As some of you know, we are currently in an RV park here in Colorado. I saw the park owner (great guy) and asked him what he plans on doing with all the wind torn tarps people have over their stuff. He pointed over to a big pile under some boards and said "those are from last year, take all that you want".
Well, after some trimming and sealing the ends with a lighter, I now have tarps and covers for all kinds of stuff! I'm going to the store tomorrow and get one of those grommet punches for $5.00 and really do em up.
I made a nice ground cloth for under my shelter tarp, and scores of other things. There must have been a couple of hundred yards of usable good thick material in the pile. Not to mention 100' or so of nylon rope. He said most storage yards and RV parks have this sort of thing.
So, go out and get you some new tarps, ground cloths, pack covers, portable game prep cloths, signal flags, sails for your kayak/canoe, shade structure, Tarzan diapers... whatever.:D
As some of you know, we are currently in an RV park here in Colorado. I saw the park owner (great guy) and asked him what he plans on doing with all the wind torn tarps people have over their stuff. He pointed over to a big pile under some boards and said "those are from last year, take all that you want".
Well, after some trimming and sealing the ends with a lighter, I now have tarps and covers for all kinds of stuff! I'm going to the store tomorrow and get one of those grommet punches for $5.00 and really do em up.
I made a nice ground cloth for under my shelter tarp, and scores of other things. There must have been a couple of hundred yards of usable good thick material in the pile. Not to mention 100' or so of nylon rope. He said most storage yards and RV parks have this sort of thing.
So, go out and get you some new tarps, ground cloths, pack covers, portable game prep cloths, signal flags, sails for your kayak/canoe, shade structure, Tarzan diapers... whatever.:D