From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Sep 30 2004 - 07:27:30 PDT
At 10:08 AM -0400 9/30/04, Wayne Harris wrote:
>Just a thought. I have a military tarpaulin size
>is 17x12 feet that in good shape and if you are
>parking your truck outside with the canvass on,
>this might be just the thing to keep the direct
>sunlight from ruining that expensive top and it
>is a lot lighter to haul around and green to
>match your décor. O.K. don't want to cover your
>top but looking for a way to protect it from the
>rain and sunlight now that the EPA has ban the
>good stuff. Here is something the sailing crowd
>uses (they are a lot tougher on canvass than we
>are) it's called "Waterproofing with Teflon" and
>comes in gallons and spray bottles but as with
>all things like this there are drawbacks so be
>aware. One other helpful hint, I've seen
>military units place a "one by" lengthways
>across the bows to keep the rainwater from
>making a swimming pool on the top. TIA Wayne
I've often wondered why the bows don't have some
bracing between each bow like the British trucks
did in days of old. The Tilts were a bit of
pressed tube steel and they linked together in
such a way so as to allow the entire cover to be
removed from the truck and set on the ground as
an ersatz tent for the MT transport drivers.
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