Shorts

Is hot here in Texas and sometimes the truck has to be worked on during the daylight hours. Anyone use a canopy?

I need something I can put up/take down. My garage and drive directly faces west And no trees are around to help shade.

Thoughts? I wish I could have a carport installed on the side of the house but don't think that's in the cards for cost and reaching that point of when do you stop throwing money into a house to make it something. Might as well move to a house that does.

.boB

No reason not to. You can get a simple 10x10 or 12x12 easy-up canopy for <$100. Or you could buy a big tarp, some rope, and a couple of poles. Attach it to the side of your house and use the poles like an awning. easy up and easy down.

dott

I use one all the time. Just don't leave it up in the rain (if it ever rains here again).

Common

I'd like to. Have many mature trees here. Lots of stuff gets everywhere.

1-2-3

You can also use a fan outside. I do all the time. Might be hot air but at least it's moving.

pull-do

Yep, I do,,, it's hot on the south side of Houston to,,,, got mine at Academy, 12 x 12, nothing like a portable car port ,, it takes two to set it up or maybe I'm just stupid, well we won't go there

Really though, it makes a BIG difference in the air temp to me, plus I can actually see better without all the reflections.

Shorts

Cool - thanks yall.

The fan makes a good difference in the garage to keep air moving. But once the sun comes around it's fighting an uphill battle and I can't feel it too much out in the drive.

mrchewie

And I'm in Iowa.
I have a garage now, but when I didn't, I just stretched a tarp over whatever I was working on and staked it down with metal tent stakes. In the winter, I put a kero heater under it (with an attached tray to keep the tools warm) and worked away. Neat thing is, the tarp folds up and fits behind the seat so there's shade wherever you need it. Get real fancy and grab the aluminum frame from a tent, fab a mount for it to the core support, and now the tarp is high enough to walk under.
Working with the fan theme, if you are doing this at home, get a barn fan and pressurize the tent. Nice breeze, and no bugs...

rebal

I just ran out and got a $100 easy up 12x12 at Kmart .I had a 100 year old pecan tree that covered my shop and drive buy it was shedding branches and made a huge mess all year long, so I had it cut down .....boy do I miss the shade now. but not as mush as my shop if it fell.

Shorts

I'm kinda jealous, you got a new canopy and some good firewood!

Mexstan

If I am going to do some extensive work on my truck, like for an entire day or even two, then I spread a large blue tarp over the truck and tie up the 4 corners to anything convenient. Even tho the actual temperature does not get very hot here, in the direct sun, it burns quickly. Plus any metal tool laid down in the sun, even for 10 minutes, burns the hand when picked up again. The few minutes work to set up some nice shade is well worth it.

rebal

amen there after cutting my tree down that 12x12 cover aint cuttin it I just ordered a 20x20 shade cloth -95% sun block I am going to raise it on 4 poles
10' off the ground need more shade at 100* a wrench in the sun will fry your hand

Rednecktastic

You could probably buy a window AC unit or an indoor unit for a little more than a canopy would cost.