by "hlillywh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <hlillywh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Aug 14, 2008 at 11:08 AM
On Aug 14, 2:00 am, Peter Clinch <p.j.cli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> runcyclexc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > ...tumbling *washer*.
> Possibly.
> Taking a wind and taking rain while pitched taught and static is
> actually a very different engineering goal to being immersed in water
> and tumbled repeatedly for half an hour. That is particularly true of
> the coatings.
And some wa****ng machines can get a bit grabby. If the tent or fly
gets caught, it can be twisted or even ripped. Twisting is probably
more likely in a front loader, ripping in a top loader. (Though the
top loader is probably much more likely to damage the tent, what with
its agitator etc.)