Hot Rods Oh no! Garage roof collapsed on my car!!!

My wife called me at work yesterday to tell me the high winds trashed the roof on the garage! Damage to the car was minimal, in fact there was no damage at all! I had to order a new cover from HF and was kinda (no really) disapointed that this one lasted a couple of weeks shy of a year. This garage was a gift from my wife for Christmas last year, and I was going to ask for a new cover this Christmas. Below are before and after shots. It may not be much, but it sure beats working outside!

 

From the ***le it thought it was going to be worse

 

There are better products on the market than Harbor Freight!

 

I also thought it was gonna be a tragedy. Lucky for you it was not.

 

That could have been worse. I was expecting something like this.

 

Hey Dusty,

Your welcome to store the Chevy at the farm for the winter.

Murph

 

I have used one for 3 years..keeps the truck out of the sun..and in the winter,I don't have to s****e frost off the windows..
With those portables,your almost better to leave the front & back OPEN..let the wind blow through them.

Rick

 

I had that happen to me in 2003 with a super heavy duty temporary garage - 2 1/2" tubular steel frame U bolted to 24" iron stakes hammered into the ground with a 20 lb sledge. Winds got up and were ferocious all night. I got up next day to find the whole thing up in a tree across the creek. It had flown some 80 ft. Some of the steel stakes were bent into a J shape and several of the 3/8" U bolts which bolted the frame to the metal stakes had just sheared. A neighbor wasn't so lucky - a wooden shed with an attached carport had collapsed onto and totaled his six month old Corvette.

Glad the car is alright - the canvas can be replaced.

 

I appreciate that Murph, but I hope to have her running for spring!

 

Ya gotta watch out for the cheap covers! I baught one from "Cover It" fifteen years ago. The tarp material is getting shabby now but its still dry inside! I added house vents on both the front and rear. Those things hold moisture BAD!, And to equilise the pressure when its windy out.

 

Cover It tents are ****in animals.We also bought one about 15 years ago.It has survived Western NY state Winters,a huge tree limb crashed on it ,bent the frame ,we fixed it.Moved it twice when we sold and bought different properties.Last time we moved I didn't stake it down properly.A huge gust of wind actually picked it up,carried it 20 feet and dropped it upside down in the woods,looked like a dead turtle.I had to dis***emble the tent to get it out from the trees.It's still in service..............

 

That car deserves a better home. Kit garages are for kit cars.

 

Shut the **** up....garages also cost a lot of money.....at least he is keeping it out of the elements the best way he can for now.....unlike that piece of **** in your avatar

 

Something to consider, at one point I worked at a farm store in the small engine repair shop, they had a "Greenhouse" put up every year for selling plants and flowers. The plastic they use for those was very durable, infact when we had to tear it down we actually had to cut the plastic off and anything shy of a very sharp razor knife was worthless. I cannot remember the mil thickness but it rivals the plastic they use to shrink wrap over boats for the winter. Either of these products might make a better cover, in fact I am thinking the shrink wrap stuff they put on the boats might be better because once you put it on your frame you can shrink it till it is snug so it won't flap in the breeze and therefore it shouldn't mechanically work itself to failure. Just a thought.

 

I thought there was going to be a garage in this story, silly me!

 

I was really expecting to see a disaster,at least you had the framework anchored down,your luck sure is better than mine.

 

That's a good idea Willy301! I have actually shrinkwrapped boats in the past. I worked on boats for 35+ years. Maybe next time. My wife and I are looking for a new house and I told her: all I want is a 2-car garage(3-car would be even better) and I don't care what the house is like! (that's her thing!)

 

it doesn't matter how good the pole tent is.. high winds are going to trash them... i had to anchor mine to 4 rail road ties, and chain and ratchet strap it down.. you could do what i am going to on mine. ditch the canvas and skin it with corrugated tin, plastic etc and paint it to match your house.. it will be a lot heavier and stronger... plus you can insulate it.. that is if the poles are strong enough to hold the new weight of the tin or what ever you use...

 

Damn Sorry bout that, I do feel,my shop burnt to the concrete floor 10 yr ago & just now starting over again in debt up the.Have been working out of 8x10 sheds & tarps

 

You got off easy heres a heart breaker.

 

I thought the same thing! You should swap the ***le to "tarp fell on my car"

Just kidding, that does ****. I've been waiting for the same thing to happen to my temp garage, we had a nasty wind storm a couple weeks ago and I thought it was the end of it! Somehow it survived.

 

Should read "Tarp that wasn't on my car now is "

 

This could be the "The garage collapsed on my car!" thread - hell, post some pics up! I had a tornado destroy my shop and house in May 2003, and have pics of the shop (concrete block and steel!) on top of my crushed '50 Hudson coupe and '87 BMW 325i ragtop, as well as my destroyed Ford F250 and a damaged '53 Hudson Hornet, which were outside. I'll scan on post these later!

 

i *****ed i did'nt have no shoes , til i seen a man with no feet.
a man has to do , what a man has to do.

 

The trouble with those is thy hold in moisture, and cause rust .

 

yep!

 

I bought a car that was in winter storage and the building fell on to. It worked out for me, and all the guys who bought parts from it, but not the guy that was storing it.