Well, I've got my winter wood moved from back of the property up to the house, about 4 cords of oak stacked in 4 rows running along a 24' section of the dog fence in the back yard. I've used tarps, for three years now, to keep the wood snow free in winter, covering only the tops of the stacks but as I remove from the rows the tarps get closer to the ground, flap around in the wind, etc. By late Feb. I've got puddles of tarp, tangles of cord and weights everywhere.... just a big, big, big, big pain in the patooty. This year I've been playing around with the idea of using a 2x4 cut to 8' lengths/tarp width and stapling it to the tarp and affix the other edge of the tarp to the fence. I'm thinking I could run a length of cord under the tarp, tie it to the fencing and then bring it back over the tarp, Like a giant Roman shade. My idea is to then tie a carbiner to the top piece of cord and tie loops in the bottom piece of cord. I figured if I rolled the tarp up to one of the loops and then use the clips to keep the tarp from unrolling. My thought was that the top cord, weighted down by the 2x4 and the rolled up part of the tarp would also keep the top of the tarp from billowing in the wind and I wouldn't have all those cords and weights waiting to trip me up. Am I over thinking this, had anyone tried this and have it work or fail miserably?
Carolyn
Carolyn