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Skinning the Tunnel:
This is an "all-hands-on-deck" evolution that is best done with little or no wind. If possible, postpone this
portion of the procedure if the weather is not cooperative or if you feel you do not have enough people to
control the plastic. The greenhouse plastic required to cover this tunnel is 40' wide.
1.
Roll-up sides (part 1):
This design uses
several pieces of
¾” EMT conduit
, JSS part
#
9750
Snap
Clamps, #10 x 3/4" phillips self-drilling tek screws, and JSS part
#7033 Sidewall Hand Crank.
a.
Lay out 10 ft. sections of top rail along the side of the tunnel.
b.
Fit each of the swaged ends into the female end of each successive piece and secure them together
with one phillips self-drilling tek screw in each side of the connections to prevent slipping. The
completed pipe should be about a foot longer than the tunnel on each end.
c.
Repeat steps 1.a. and b. for the opposite side of the tunnel.
2.
Plastic preparation:
a.
Position the plastic at
one end of the tunnel
so that it is offset,
and faces down the
side of the tunnel.
b. Use a pair of D-
handle garden forks
or spades (or four if
you have a very large
roll of plastic like we
did) and a piece of
top rail for chain link
fence as the spindle
to support the roll.
c. Pull the plastic off the roll and walk with it
down the side of the tunnel until you reach
the opposite end.
d. Throw several ropes from the opposite side
over the tunnel and loop each of them
around tennis balls, smooth rocks, etc.
embedded in the plastic. You can use just
about anything that is handy and won’t cut
the plastic, even water bottles. These will
serve as pull points.
e. If possible, position a person at every rope
and another on the opposite side of the
tunnel from each of them.
f.
Position a ladder at each end with a person
atop each of them.
2.b.
2.c.
2.d.
2.d.
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