On 11/14/2015 09:48 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Before that, I had a Shady Boy on my '84 Westy.  That was okay, but one
> time the wind caught it and the center fiberglass rod shot out into the van
> like an arrow, putting a deep dent into the cabinet. It might have put one
> in me if I'd been in there.

Yikes. I use my Shady Boy in all kinds of weather: hail, heavy rain,
gusty wind, and when properly staked-down it's been bulletproof. I have
had the center pole drop down to the ground with a clatter when wind
shakes it loose from its anchor hole, but have never had it hurl itself
into the van with lethal force, that's for sure.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.