>> I have seen people using them on their sides as long 16ft trellis for cukes and beans, usually supported with t-posts, but haven't seen them bent like your drawing. I think they would need some sort of stake support, even bent like that.
You're probably right. They would be vulnerable to wind, or being unbalanced, if 50" tall and only 32" wide. I was hoping for easy, inexpensive cages for growing tomatoes in buckets where I wouldn't want to pound in stakes or posts.
I agree that a truck would be the way to haul 4'x16' panels. I had wondered if it would be necessary (or possible!) to roll them to fit, but arching them under pressure and tying them down sounds about right.
