Huzzah!

ManNorth came home with exciting news today:

We've been given a gift of something that we've really wanted.

Wanna know what it is? I won't be telling without a few of you venturing some guesses.
Perhaps these hints will help:

1. The previous owner also once held ManNorth's position and left it behind when he moved away by air.

2. Its only use in a desert would be to provide shade or shelter of some sort.

3. ManNorth owns one of these already but the cost of moving his here from where it is being stored in Yellowknife is about equivalent to the cost of buying a gently used one.

4. It can only be used for about 3 months of the year in our location.

5. We'll need to buy a few particular implements to make use of our gift properly. Two of those will be worn. Two of those will be tools.

6. It needs some repair work that will involve cutting, sanding and filling and patching with fibreglass.

7. Here's a photo of our gift as the final hint: