Can barricade be pegged into frozen ground?

No, and it is better to plan around that than to find out on site. Once the ground has gone hard an anchor either will not go in or will not hold when it does. Ballast on the feet is what replaces it, and the count of sandbags follows the number of feet in the run.

What holds a line up on ice?

Weight low down and a shape that is not a straight line. A heavy base resists sliding better than a tall barrier resists tipping, and a run broken into shallow angles braces itself in a way a single straight row never does.

Does the cold damage the equipment?

Not if it is handled with a little patience. Steel and plastic that come off a truck at low temperature are both stiffer and more brittle than the same parts in summer, so forcing a fitting is what breaks it. Give the load a few minutes before it is built.

Do you deliver outside the city?

Yes, across southern Manitoba to the towns listed above. Winter deliveries are scheduled with more slack than summer ones because the roads decide the timing rather than the distance, and we would rather tell you that than promise around it.

Can a printed cover go on in winter?

It can, and it is worth fitting before the run is fully built rather than afterwards. Scrim goes on far more easily while the panels can still be reached from both sides, and in the cold that difference is a lot of extra work.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Barricades in Winnipeg

Steel barricades, weighted posts, printed covers and sign frames to buy or to rent, delivered across Winnipeg and southern Manitoba.

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Chrome retractable belt stanchions standing in a row against a wall, stacked ready between events.

What Winnipeg orders

Everything that stands up on its own.

A summer perimeter can be pegged into grass and largely forgotten about. The same perimeter in February is standing on ice or on ground with the consistency of concrete, and every anchor that was doing quiet work in June is now doing none. What replaces it is mass — heavier feet, sandbags, and runs shaped so they hold each other up.

Barricade with bridge feet

Feet that sit across an uneven or frozen surface rather than needing a flat one, and take ballast on top.

Weighted post bases

The heavier outdoor base rather than the indoor one, because on ice a light base slides before it tips.

Printed covers that seal the run

Scrim across the steel does two jobs in winter: it carries the branding and it stops the run being seen through.

Where we deliver

Winnipeg and southern Manitoba.

Deliveries cover the city and the towns out through the south of the province. Winter drops are planned with more room in them than summer ones, and equipment that comes off a truck at low temperature is worth letting sit before it is handled — cold plastic and cold steel are both less forgiving than the same parts in July.

Winnipeg
Steinbach
Selkirk
Stonewall
Winkler
Morden
Portage la Prairie
Niverville

Orders go to the places the city gathers:

the convention centre downtown
the arena in the exchange district
the site at the river junction
the stadium out at the university
the exhibition and fairgrounds
the airport terminal west of the centre

If the run is going up outdoors in winter, tell us what it is standing on. Ice, packed snow and frozen gravel each take a different foot.

Standing up on ice

Mass, and a shape that holds itself.

Two things keep a winter run in place and neither is an anchor. The first is weight low down, which is why a heavier base beats a taller barrier every time. The second is geometry: a straight line is the weakest thing you can build out of barricade, and the same panels turned back at the ends or broken into shallow angles hold far more than they do in a row.

Ballast, counted by foot

Sandbags go on the feet, and the number follows the number of feet rather than the metres of line.

Break the straight

A shallow angle every few sections turns a row of panels into something that braces itself.

Let cold steel warm up

Fittings that are handled straight off a cold truck are harder to work and easier to damage. Build in the time rather than the force.

Worth asking

What a Winnipeg winter brief asks.

Can barricade be pegged into frozen ground?: No, and it is better to plan around that than to find out on site. Once the ground has gone hard an anchor either will not go in or will not hold when it does. Ballast on the feet is what replaces it, and the count of sandbags follows the number of feet in the run.
What holds a line up on ice?: Weight low down and a shape that is not a straight line. A heavy base resists sliding better than a tall barrier resists tipping, and a run broken into shallow angles braces itself in a way a single straight row never does.
Does the cold damage the equipment?: Not if it is handled with a little patience. Steel and plastic that come off a truck at low temperature are both stiffer and more brittle than the same parts in summer, so forcing a fitting is what breaks it. Give the load a few minutes before it is built.
Do you deliver outside the city?: Yes, across southern Manitoba to the towns listed above. Winter deliveries are scheduled with more slack than summer ones because the roads decide the timing rather than the distance, and we would rather tell you that than promise around it.
Can a printed cover go on in winter?: It can, and it is worth fitting before the run is fully built rather than afterwards. Scrim goes on far more easily while the panels can still be reached from both sides, and in the cold that difference is a lot of extra work.

Ask for a quote

Tell us what the Winnipeg run is standing on.

Add what you need with the Buy or Rent button on each product, then open the order and say how many and where. You get a written quote back with the options laid out. Delivery, setup and collection are quoted on their own lines, so you can take them or leave them.

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