Blackrock Shade for Sale

After years of desert travel in the Blackrock desert for Burning Man and other events my friends and I have come up with this great sun shade system to keep us and our kids out of the hot sun. This shade canopy gets rid of the tie wires altogether, holds up great in strong winds and is expandable so you and your camp mates can build one big structure out of everyone’s structures.

By purchasing these shade structures you are supporting our camp and the Giant Iron Snail Car the Golden Mean

Thanks!

Please spread the word we will be doing this again this year and we’ll be adding more home made goods soon so you can help us though out the year!

Update:

Sold out!!

Thanks for the support!!!

Contact Jon at 510 444 7007, or email me at books@formandreform.com

Pictures of shade structures

Each base unit has:

1. 7pc 10′ 1″ metal poles with setscrew on base & 6pc 8′ leg poles ( the finish size will be 12x20x8′ tall)
2. 6pc 1″ metal 5 way canopy fittings (using 5 ways on every corner make this structure easily expandable)
3. 12×20 heavy duty sunblock silver tarp
4. 45pc 6″ ball bungies
5. 6pc 5/8×24″ rebar stakes (these go 18″ into the ground and the 10′ poles lock to the top with a set screw) No guidelines, and no stakes to trip on!
6. 3pc 1″ tube extension and 2′ x1″ pole

Base Kit 12×20′  $210

24×20

Base Kit $210 with 3 leg add-on kit $150 for a 24×20′

Total $360

These Items are only available for local pickup in Oakland Ca

Shade Kits

12×20 Base Kit $210.00 12×20 Add Kit (to add to base kits) $150.00 24×20 BaseKit $360.00 36×20 Bass Kit $510.00

Walls:

I don’t recommend tarps for walls on these structures. They work well because there is very little wind resistance from the flat roof structure. Adding tarp walls would add a huge wind load and failure in high winds. Using shade cloth has worked well for us,  cuts down on the sun and still allows the wind to come though. Below is the shade cloth we offer. Please make sure to order additional buggies cords to hang it. Purchase below in supplies.

Storage:

New tote to hold your shade parts. It’s a 27gal tough tote and it will easily hold a 20×24′ base kit’s small parts, stakes, 24″ poles and tarps. purchase below in supplies.

These Items are only available for local pickup in Oakland Ca

Shade Supplies

12×20 Heavy Duty Silver Tarp $23.00 8×20 Black Shade Cloth (Sold Out) $35.00 8×10 Black Shade Cloth $18.00 12×20 Black Shade Cloth $48.00 6″ Ball Bungees 100pc $12.00 27 gal tough tote $25.00

Contact Jon at 510 444 7007, or email me at books@formandreform.com

Testimonials:

Hi Jon,

Thought you might like this shot of our 20′x36′ shade in situ in Black Rock City.

It functioned perfectly for the week: packed easily, went up fast, survived all the wind with no complaints,

and came down and packed up even faster. In our camp surrounded by RVs, it wasn’t even necessary

to stake the corners.

What’s not to like? Thanks for a great solution at a very fair price.

Jon,

Thought you might be able to use this iPhone shot of what a 20×36 shade looks like before deployment.
It gets a 9 out of 10 on the “do more with less” scale.

Other ideas for this year:

Contact Jon at 510 444 7007, or email me at books@formandreform.com