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If there was ever any doubt that our little shelter
could handle anything you could "throw" at it.....take a
look at the pictures below! TOUGH.........and VERSATILE.
TOUGH...
Skip the tough stuff and take
me straight to versatile!
- Yes, you can drag
it on asphalt and concrete.
Keep in mind all these claims of strength
have to be accepted on the basis of reasonableness. If
you are fighting a forest fire and the wind changes, DRAG
THAT SHELTER AND ITS CONTENTS OUT OF DANGER IF YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY. If you drag it a mile and the floor
does scuff through, at least you saved the contents.
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If you
have to move your UniFold fast, the structure
makes it easy. This shelter is empty, so the
floor is not sagging too much when you pick
it up.
If the floor had lots of gear on it, you needn't
remove it to move the shelter. Just drag it
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- Yes you can fold
the UniFold like a taco shell and it still works perfectly.
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Here
we folded the shelter inside when it was warm
enough to flex aggressively on itself.
Then
we tied it folded with shipping strapping.
Then
we took it outside and left it overnight on
one of the coldest days in the Toronto winter
of 99/00.
It was -20° C that night, and -15° C the next
morning when we cut it loose and set it up.
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Here
it is.The tunnel set up as quickly as usual.
There
is one point to note though. You have
to pull the shelter open 'out' from the convex
side of the warped pancake. If you pull from
the concave side it will not open up unless
you overpower the warp.
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One
of the strongest locations to bear a load
is at the fold of the vertical side walls.
Here a fish scale is showing the 50lb limit
being applied to the anchor loop of the side
wall.
You can literally support 50lb per fold on
the side walls.
Excellent for keeping heavy turnout gear
organized.
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The
strongest panel is on the end wall center
post. Here 50 lb are applied with little effect.
You can rely on this post to support items
as well. However, it is possible to overload
it if combined with heavy snow on the roof.
This post is the point where the snow load
is borne.
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Windtest
- That's 72.1 MPH showing on the hand held
wind-meter (anemometer).
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If
you hate it when your brand new car has a
fender bender, you're gonna love it when your
brand new UniFold takes a hit.
See next pic.
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Just
pop out any crushed folds and the shelter
is back to being like new. The very minor
structural deterioration is insignificant.
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There
have been cases where additional headroom
comes in handy. Here's how to make it. Just
push out one of the roof folds. (No you can't
do this to a whole bunch of roof folds, we
already tried. When you do it to more than
one, they bounce back and won't stay pushed
out.) Look carefully and you can see the creases
made by the corner crush demonstration above.
Bottom line, the picture below proves it,
UniFold is the Saturn of Shelters.
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Look
as best you can.
There is no permanent deformation after
a fold is 'reset'.
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More
of the same.
Here's the result of a tough kick in the side
panel.
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UniFold
rolls with the punches!
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...and
VERSATILE!
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