Wanted: modular tent centre sections - Ottawa or Eastern Ont

[rob love]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Either the guys who used to buy tentage aren't active, or there isn't much leaving Crown Assets.


Rob:

Who would you be dropping them with?

Here in Shilo it all gets burned for some reason. Kind of a shame, as the long center sections are perfect for covering firewood when stacked in long rows.

I can drop them at Chris's place. Might work out for me as I could call it a night in that area, head into Southern Ontario the next day and hopefully get out Covid free that evening.

[maple_leaf_eh]

After thinking over the legs of the trip, North Bay is much more practical for me than Hamilton. The road from Ottawa to North Bay is much less crowded and even ruggedly scenic, compared to one more set of truck stops per exit along 401.

As for burning tentage, there may be some local agricultural infestation (or the dim memory of one) that prompted Crown Assets to destroy things. I know when we got kit back from AFG, it was obvious which big computer box or plastic folding tri-wall bin had been in the dust.

[Ed Storey]

Perhaps the tents contain some U.S technology and therefore cannot be sold in Canada.....

[chris vickery]

Rob, we seem to be pretty much Covid free here on NB area.
Not that I worry much about it anyways, it seems business as usual up here and if there are cases, they’re not front page news.
Terry, no problem a road trip up or me down at some point.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

Perhaps the tents contain some U.S technology and therefore cannot be sold in Canada.....

Not sure about that. It seems more like they would just as soon not be bothered. They may be worried about guys "recycling" it through the system as well. A check on sold items: scrap textiles show several lots of tents and truck tarps sold in the last year.


There was a complaint a few years ago about a larger item that got sold on CADC form the base here. It was sold as serviceable, but was not. In the end, the buyer got it for free, and the Manitoba CADC clients were told if it wasn't serviceable it should not be sold. It ends up that a lot of otherwise saleable items are now tossed as scrap.


Chris: We have one of the lowest rates of Covid occurrences per 100,000 people in Canada. So when I leave this area into one that is 10 times the rate, I worry. For hand sanitizer, when I re-enter the car, I generally use brakclean. Pretty sure the chlorine in that product will kill just about any living organism instantly. Not for the people with soft hands mind you.