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Dear fellow camper, |
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know about the future, it will be
helpful to start in the past. |
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| I
have been going camping all my life.
I would always strive to create a comfortable camping environment.
Invariably, the rain or wind would kick up and wipe out my best laid
plans for the perfect camping experience. It seemed we were always at
the mercy of the weather. |
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| 20
years ago we would throw our tents,
sleeping bags, coolers, chairs and a small poly tarp canopy in the
pickup and head for the mountains. In the days before the camping trip I
remember relentlessly checking the weather forecast in the paper, on TV
and over the radio. I would even look out the window and do my own
weather forecast. |
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come rain or shine we'd head for the
mountains and hope the weather would be nice. Many times the weather was
great and many times the weather was terrible. Our earliest trips caught
us holding up sheets of plastic to keep our gear dry. Of course, our
tents only being water resistant eventually took on water. It's a wonder
I didn't give up after crawling into a wet sleeping bag for the
umpteenth time! |
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Eventually, we were draping
large tarps and sheets of plastic over our tents and connecting them to
our small 10 by 10 poly tarp canopy. We would use little orange
wood-working clamps to keep all the plastic and tarp connected together.
It was a rickety setup. The smallest wind would blow it down. We kept a
constant vigil in order to keep our campsite standing. |
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techniques did improve over time. But
our basic approach of draping plastic and tarp about camp to stay dry
was essentially the same. Throughout the years, the common theme was to
attach our loose tarps and plastic to the canopy. We would lead the tarp
or plastic off from the canopy and drape it over our tents a few feet
away. |
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canopy was the centerpiece with
respect to staying out of the rain. It had 4 poles for the corners and 1
tall pole for the center. Each pole had a finger sized pin at the top.
The grommets on the tarp accepted the pin. Hence, it is a pin and
grommet canopy. The center pole also had a pin atop it. The problem was,
there was no center grommet on the tarp. We had to tape the center pole
to the tarp. For years we applied this "bubble gum" fix, often at our
own peril. |
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perilous day, the canopy was readily
blown down by a gust of wind. Half the poles were bent, rendering the
canopy useless. Although I was very disappointed by what happened,
unknowingly, it happened to mark the beginning of something. And that
has grown into the products we are offering as a company we call
Grabbit Tool Company. |
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Determined, I set out the
following winter to build new poles. To get by cheap, I went to the
hardware store to get plumbing pipe for the poles. I discovered lengths
of PVC pipe to be cheap and durable. I purchased several different sizes
so I could experiment with them. That evening I ventured out to my shop
to do some experimenting. The events of that night will soon transform
the way you camp, forever! |
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Grabbit Tool Company is on
the verge of introducing a new and revolutionary approach to poly and
canvas tarp suspension. Whether you're a tent camper or a hard shell
camper we will give you the means to easily protect yourself from the
elements on a grand scale never before possible. The old rules are gone
and the new rules are here! |
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