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Hi,
Last month a weekender at the RV park where im staying left a broken canopy at his campsite when he left. The scissor arms were all broken and the top supports were broken too. However the top material was perfect. So i dragged it over here and waited a few days to be sure he was not comming back for it.
Then i ripped it apart and cut the scissor arms into pieces and used them as stakes for the legs and supports. I replaced the scissor arms with yellow painted 1x4's on every side and then had to fix and cut the top supports to fit together evenly at the peak.
Then once i had it all square i used a 10 ' 4" PVC pipe and cut it into 2ft sections. Then set the legs inside of that pipe, and added a huge nail stake and left it about 5 inches out of the ground. Then filled each leg pvc pipe with concrete (sitting on top of the ground). Before the concrete dried i inserted a 2x4 hanger and the 4 nails into the top flat side after leveling off the concrete.
Once it dried i inserted a painted yellow 2x2 into the 2x4 hanger at the bottom and then attached the top to the corner of the 1x4's.
Then i painted the pvc yellow.
Here is a pic, it came out pretty nice indeed. And if i ever need to move it, just lift up (with some force) and it will slide right out of the ground. Its very sturdy now and it took 1.25 80# bags of concrete.
I plan to use this for either my boat cover when i get a boat or for a picnic table if i dont get a boat.
Last month a weekender at the RV park where im staying left a broken canopy at his campsite when he left. The scissor arms were all broken and the top supports were broken too. However the top material was perfect. So i dragged it over here and waited a few days to be sure he was not comming back for it.
Then i ripped it apart and cut the scissor arms into pieces and used them as stakes for the legs and supports. I replaced the scissor arms with yellow painted 1x4's on every side and then had to fix and cut the top supports to fit together evenly at the peak.
Then once i had it all square i used a 10 ' 4" PVC pipe and cut it into 2ft sections. Then set the legs inside of that pipe, and added a huge nail stake and left it about 5 inches out of the ground. Then filled each leg pvc pipe with concrete (sitting on top of the ground). Before the concrete dried i inserted a 2x4 hanger and the 4 nails into the top flat side after leveling off the concrete.
Once it dried i inserted a painted yellow 2x2 into the 2x4 hanger at the bottom and then attached the top to the corner of the 1x4's.
Then i painted the pvc yellow.
Here is a pic, it came out pretty nice indeed. And if i ever need to move it, just lift up (with some force) and it will slide right out of the ground. Its very sturdy now and it took 1.25 80# bags of concrete.
I plan to use this for either my boat cover when i get a boat or for a picnic table if i dont get a boat.
) Nice Job!
