Weighing down your sun shade

Occationally I read of someone losing a sunshade because of high winds. This could be because the sunshade was not staked down well enough, or maybe it wasn't staked down at all.
My wife and I go to many outdoor art shows here in Virginia Beach. Some of the largest are held on the boardwalk at the ocean front. There artisans hold down their sunshades with weights,usually made of concrete, at each corner. I've seen others use 5 gallon buckets filled with sand.
Ok, back to the campground. 5 gallon buckets are found pretty cheap at Lowes or Home Depot. While sand may not be ready available at a campground, water should be. At a little more than 8 pounds a gallon, a 5 gallon bucket should weigh alittle more than 40 pounds each. A bucket full of water at each corner of your sunshade, with a strap or rope attached at the frame at top of the corner and tied to the bucket handle, should keep your sunshade in place if it cannot be staked down properly.
In any case, you'll have 20 gallons of water available should your campfire get out of hand.

JP

 

It never hurts to take some extra precautions to anchor an EZ-Up. However, I have seen ones that have been very well anchored still become airborne...even land in a tree!

If it is going to be really windy, the best prevention is to leave the frame up but remove the canopy. Haven't lost one yet to the wind.