do you leave your awnings out?
Morning Folks! My wife and I enjoy getting out in our Cameo as often as we can. However, since we live in the DFW area I find myself a bit timid to leave my awnings out overnight. My main concern is t...
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It just depends on where we are and what the weather forecast is. In Texas we put the awning out when we are using it and put it away when we are finished. It's our experience that in Texas sooner and not later the wind will start blowing.
We've spent the summer along the Washington, Oregon coast and now are near Yosemite. We've had very little wind so I just take a look at the weather forecast and let it help me decide whether or not to leave the awning out. Most of the time we've just left it out all the time.
I have all the straps, flapper stoppers, etc. necessary to tie it down and I used to use them. However, when the wind started blowing I worried about the awning constantly. Then, if we got anything serious I would go out and take all the stuff loose so I could close it. I decided that since I can store it or take it out in about 2 minutes that it was silly to go to all the effort needed to stake it out only to be out there in the wind undoing it all so I could go to sleep without worrying about it.
That's our approach - neither right or wrong, just how we do it.
We've spent the summer along the Washington, Oregon coast and now are near Yosemite. We've had very little wind so I just take a look at the weather forecast and let it help me decide whether or not to leave the awning out. Most of the time we've just left it out all the time.
I have all the straps, flapper stoppers, etc. necessary to tie it down and I used to use them. However, when the wind started blowing I worried about the awning constantly. Then, if we got anything serious I would go out and take all the stuff loose so I could close it. I decided that since I can store it or take it out in about 2 minutes that it was silly to go to all the effort needed to stake it out only to be out there in the wind undoing it all so I could go to sleep without worrying about it.
That's our approach - neither right or wrong, just how we do it.
