fred nevill
TVWBB Member
Howdy all, I have entered my first comp but if things work out plan on about 3-5 more this year. Since I am just starting out I bought a First-up canopy at Walmart.
I figure if the comps are somewhere where I can stake down and tie down the canopy I would be fine. However I am wondering what to do if the comps are in parking lots or somewhere I cannot stake down.
I have seen that there are sand bags that wrap around the legs I can buy but I feel they are way to expensive and I would never get them in on time anyways. But I was thinking, which is VERY dangerous, that if I bought 4 5gallon buckets and filled them with water there would be enough weight to hold down the canopy and then after each use I could just dump the water rather than hauling around that extra weight.
Am I way off on this or is there a better idea that I have not thought about?
I figure if the comps are somewhere where I can stake down and tie down the canopy I would be fine. However I am wondering what to do if the comps are in parking lots or somewhere I cannot stake down.
I have seen that there are sand bags that wrap around the legs I can buy but I feel they are way to expensive and I would never get them in on time anyways. But I was thinking, which is VERY dangerous, that if I bought 4 5gallon buckets and filled them with water there would be enough weight to hold down the canopy and then after each use I could just dump the water rather than hauling around that extra weight.
Am I way off on this or is there a better idea that I have not thought about?