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07-08-2013, 08:46 AM
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We are staying at a campground while our son received some minor surgery. Beautiful morning, left my awning out with a very slight tilt. At about noon, we had thundershowers. We are away from the CG at hospital, but I felt comfortable known my awning was tilted. Returned back to the camper around 3 pm. Noticed that the awning was stretched down in the middle holding about 50 gallons of water. As I slowly lifted the awning on one side to run the water off, the awning drum snapped in the middle. My insurance coverd the damge with a $100 deductable. This was 20 years ago. I don't really see that much of a difference in the material used then as what is used today.
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07-08-2013, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Rugged Brown
I don't really see that much of a difference in the material used then as what is used today.
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All I know is that my awning fabric sags in the middle, and it has been used only rarely, and has never held any water to stretch it. The awning on my old fifth never sagged, even after 10 years of use. There is no way that anyone can convince me that the new material is as good. I know for a fact that the old fabric was heavier, as I had both campers in my shop at the same time, and I compared them at that time.
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07-08-2013, 11:54 AM
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This was the first outing in the TT and this happened. The TT is less than 90 days old.
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07-08-2013, 12:08 PM
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Something else that could bite you are those anti-flap devices that you can attach to the side rail and the fabric on manual awnings. They will keep the edges up instead of letting the weight of the water unroll the fabric some more and dump off the edges. I agree that the old school method of leaning the tube a little works best.
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07-08-2013, 12:18 PM
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We use poles and tie the awning down with a least a 10"-12" tilt in it and have no problems with wind or rain and never tighten the arms. Also lock it so it can't unroll when stowed.
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07-08-2013, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by OldCoot
We use poles and tie the awning down with a least a 10"-12" tilt in it and have no problems with wind or rain and never tighten the arms. Also lock it so it can't unroll when stowed.
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Such as......
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07-08-2013, 12:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldCoot
We use poles and tie the awning down with a least a 10"-12" tilt in it and have no problems with wind or rain and never tighten the arms. Also lock it so it can't unroll when stowed.
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OC: Could you refresh my memory about why you can't use tie-down straps by themselves for tying down the electric awnings? Someone discussed that on here before, but I can't find or remember the answer.
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07-08-2013, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mjones12
OC: Could you refresh my memory about why you can't use tie-down straps by themselves for tying down the electric awnings? Someone discussed that on here before, but I can't find or remember the answer.
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The awning would just pull down and you'd have no head room or door wouldn't open.
Even the locking knobs won't hold .
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07-08-2013, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by f1100turbo
The awning would just pull down and you'd have no head room or door wouldn't open.
Even the locking knobs won't hold .
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Got it. So the difference with my old manual awning was that it couldn't be pulled down because of the arms that were attached at the bottom of the trailer (or put on the ground if you so chose).
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07-08-2013, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mjones12
Got it. So the difference with my old manual awning was that it couldn't be pulled down because of the arms that were attached at the bottom of the trailer (or put on the ground if you so chose).
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Bingo !
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07-08-2013, 03:26 PM
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Think "lighter and lighter." You got to trim pounds to make a 1 ton towable; 1/2 ton towable.
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07-28-2013, 12:35 PM
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