Awning pole hold down kit

[OldCoot]

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[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by TURBS

What you been doing?
I've been making them all winter long?

I've been vacationing in FL since 22Nov15 until 23Feb16. DA DA DA DA DA I don't take my drill presses with me.

I got every thing done on the six sets of poles except getting the 2-3/8" pads welded on the outer poles.


Got a lot of work ahead of me with forming and bead blasting 104 upper and lower brackets.

Tubing thickness.

[OldCoot]

Poles are finished with 2-3/8" pads welded on bottom pole. Now to start forming the brackets.

[TURBS]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

I've been vacationing in FL since 22Nov15 until 23Feb16. DA DA DA DA DA I don't take my drill presses with me.



I got every thing done on the six sets of poles except getting the 2-3/8" pads welded on the outer poles.





Got a lot of work ahead of me with forming and bead blasting 104 upper and lower brackets.



Tubing thickness.

I don't take my drill press with me either![emoji12]
Made two sets in Nashville last year[emoji6]




2015 Columbus 320RS
2008 2500HD Duramax
2015 nights camped "34"

[heavynlori]

Question for pole guys....we have electric awning now but wish it was old school manual awning

Can you put those brackets that come on the manual awnings that hook to the bottom of the camper or can be unhooked to use your awning poles straight up and down instead of foot pads with ratchet straps?

We have a seasonal spot with a deck and we had those wall brackets bolted to the deck with our old manual awning to unhook from camper and use uprights...did not use any ratchet straps just locked them into deck bracket


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[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by heavynlori

Question for pole guys....we have electric awning now but wish it was old school manual awning

Can you put those brackets that come on the manual awnings that hook to the bottom of the camper or can be unhooked to use your awning poles straight up and down instead of foot pads with ratchet straps?

We have a seasonal spot with a deck and we had those wall brackets bolted to the deck with our old manual awning to unhook from camper and use uprights...did not use any ratchet straps just locked them into deck bracket.

Mine have 2-3/8" dia pads welded to the bottom pole that could have holes drilled in them and screwed to the deck or make a special bracket to slip them in.

[Evereddie]

If one was camping at a campground that had asphalt/ concrete that left no place to use a claw anchor or a screw anchor, how much weight does anyone think would it take to 'do the job"? Would a 5 gallon bag of water work? I would think you would have to put it very close to the foot of the pole so it it wouldn't get dragged around. Or instead of using the tether just raw weight on the bottom of the pole.

[TURBS]

5 gallon bucket o water should do the trick!


2015 Columbus 320RS
2008 2500HD Duramax
2015 nights camped "34"

[OldCoot]

Got the 104 bottom brackets formed and ready to bead blast. Will form the 104 upper brackets tomorrow and start to work on the bead blast cabinet. Going to add an exhaust fan to the outside to try to eliminate or reduce the dust.

[bob caldwell]

Here, where their is only rock, these site markers worked fine....

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[OldCoot]

Got the 104 upper brackets formed and ready for bead blaster. Now to start the modification on the bead blast cabinet. Should take the rest of the day.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by bob caldwell

With assorted breaks....

It's a union shop, work 5 minutes, break for 55 minutes and 2 hr lunch break and 1 hr nap. Hours 9am to 4pm. 11 months paid vacation.


Bead blast cabinet as started 28Feb16 in the corner.

[shughey00]

Originally Posted by TURBS

5 gallon bucket o water should do the trick!


2015 Columbus 320RS
2008 2500HD Duramax
2015 nights camped "34"

A bunch of people use just that in our campground... too much granite ledge underground to get anything in the ground.

[OldCoot]

Got the fan installed, vent thru the sidewall of the garage and all hooked up. Bead blasted 4 upper brackets and the fan does make a difference in the dust. Also keeps the heat down from the 2 flood lights in the cabinet and eliminates any dust blowing out in the garage. Should make TOWTA a little happier with less dust on her old junker.

[A32Deuce]

Sounds like a win/ win to me!

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[A32Deuce]

That kind of dust usually scratches paint.

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[A32Deuce]

That was a real "Barn Find"! Few and far between to find.

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[Evereddie]

Hand slap acknowledged. We were off topic again.

[OldCoot]

Have 4 sets of aluminum poles with bottom pole ground pads ready for pickup. PM for price and pickup.

[OldCoot]

Now have 90+ sets of brackets ready to ship.