As I’ve traveled around the last two summers and camped from my truck I’ve wished I had a compact canopy system that I could hook up to the side of the truck quickly. I’ve passed on some nice spots just because there was no shade.
The idea for one has been circulating around my summer scrambled brain for a while now and this is what I came up with today. The ingredients are: one tarp, medium size bungee cord hooks, some thin rope and five stakes.
I’ve created five lines exactly the same length with hooks on both ends. These are slung over the truck and hooked to whatever I can find on the bottom edge and then connected to the tarp grommets on the other side.
The stakes are driven into the ground and the outside tarp grommets are placed on the top of each. I have five more lines with a single hook which lock the tarp and the stake together with one loop and then attach to something. In this case it’s trees but tomorrow I buy five stakes that can be driven into the ground.
The tarp, lines, stakes and hammer can be wrapped together and ride in the back.
SlideShow (Canopy)
Guess what else it well be good for? Rain. Will keep you dry. Looks mighty cool.
Good job.
Love the camo tarp. It is going to be great having the sun off of you.
thats really cool, what a handy man you are.