ImagineerTom Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 https://www.scotsman.com/news/watch-incredible-moment-storm-hector-demolishes-scottish-open-tent-1-4754959 Just 60mph windsA structure typically rated for 50mph winds (when properly installed and stakes down) disintegrates and frankly should have been taken down since the weather alerts were well known and that type of structure can be deskinned in under an hour. No one was injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I wonder how much damage it's done to the structure. Who owned it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImagineerTom Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Those things are held together by pop rivets and thin bits of plastic - I’d be surprised if any of it is salvagable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 The big killers are the steel knuckles that hold the lengths of aluminium profile together. One small twist or leverage and the ali is scrap. The kader tears off the sheet, if the sheet isn't shredded, that floor looks destroyed and few of those wall panels or doors will be salvage worthy. It's normal practice to just weigh the metal into the nearest scrappie. Large sheets might be taken home for patching along with any undamaged floor pans and panels but that tent is a write-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empyfree Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Have to salvage it first! Isn’t that the Firth of Forth it’s blown into? Half of that tent will end up in Norway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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