"I received my Eaton Canopy weights a couple of shows ago and I have been very happy with them. They work fine with the sta-bars and propanels. I had to set the sta-bars a little higher than normal. I got four sets for a total of 60…"
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How do you package your jewelry?
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What is the best place to buy a tent? Sam clubs has an e-z up. What do you think?
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How to hang Stain Glass at a art fair?
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Dow Mathis replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"Cool. I'll keep an eye out for the plates. If I turn any up, then the ammo cans won't be an issue at all. With a big gun show every month or so in San Antonio, ammo cans abound. :)"
Jason Wallace replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"The boxes I bought from a local farm & ranch store (Atwoods), and I found the plates at a surplus auction at my university. Scrap metal junkyards would probably have them too. The biggest surprise was finding out how snug the plates fit in the…"
Dow Mathis replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"Jason, that's a great idea. I just made my pvc weights a couple of months ago, but the ammo can idea makes a LOT of sense. Where'd you run across the weights at?"
Staci McLauchlan replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"Gentle reminder :)
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Alison Thomas replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"My Eaton canopy weights just arrived and I haven't even taken them out of the box yet. I did hold off on ordering until I sized up the sta-bar situation and I should be able to raise the sta-bars up to higher than the weights.…"
Staci McLauchlan replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"Did you get the Eaton weights (hopefully you made enough money to do so!). I'm thinking about them for my trimline but not sure how they'll work with the sta-bar."
Cyreathia Reyer replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"No Offense, I found my weight measurements on the internet and knowing you have to take it with a grain of salt. I would love to see a picture of your anchoring system. I work full-time and mainly do the smaller shows here in the…"
Jason Wallace replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"I tried PVC weights a few years ago, but I was only able to manage 35lbs per corner. My booth collapsed a couple times, even with the PVC attached. Since then, I've gone all out:
For rigidity: stabars and upper corner supports for my Light…"
Teofana Beckwith replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"Right now the EZ-UPs that are sold in SAMs have addition - steel plates, that fit over the heels of the poles - so you can anchor the tent with more stakes or put extra weight on top of them.
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Robert M. Wallis replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"No offense, but water is 8.3 lbs/gal. A liter of water is one kilogram or 2.2 lbs, and a gallon is less than 4 liters. At those figures a 5 gal jug of water is 41.5 lbs. That should be for most applications.
In situations like yours, that's a…"
Cam Chapman replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"I used 24" X 4" PVC filled with the lead weights that are intended for use in balancing tires. You can get an unlimited supply of them from tire installers (Goodyear). I poured in a few weights, packed them as well as I could, then…"
Cyreathia Reyer replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"I have researched the weight of water. Each gallon weighs in at 11 pounds. After my show here in NE Kansas on April 13 (the day/night we had 85-100 tornadoes and winds were horrible), I am adding 5-7 gallon water jugs on each corner in…"
Anne Gresock replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"Hi Rich,
Not sure how useful my comment will be since I am just about to participate in my first show in a few weeks, but after reading allllll these recommendations, and talking to Flourish, and doing a lot of research, I decided to go…"
Alison Thomas replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"Currently I am using water bottles that hold 5 gallons of water, about 40 lbs. I have had issues finding water to fill them - actually a friend who helped me set up a lot said "if you don't bring these filled I'm not going to…"
Amy Furgiuele replied to Wendy Morowitz's discussion What kind of weights does your tent have?
"I was just going to chime in about the EZ weights... I originally bought them several years ago because I had an EZ up but knew I was going to "upgrade" to a Light Dome or Trimline in the next season or so, and the "clamps"…"
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