Awning

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Jim Shoe wrote:
Is it needed? It depends. If you sit outside all the time, yes. If you ever plan on selling it or trading it in, yes. If, like me, you prefer to control your environment with heat or A/C inside, no.
The wind unrolled my awning once while driving down an expressway. The lock is a joke. All it locks is the arms against the side of the RV. It doesn't keep the awning cylinder from turning. My low tech solution was to drill a couple of holes in the drip molding, insert plastic tie downs thru the holes and around the awning, and cinch them up tight. If the next owner wants to use the awning, a couple of snips with scissors and its ready to unfurl, whenever it chooses. :)

And easy effective cheap way to lock the roller is by using the awning rod.
Just stick the hooked end into the roller tube groove on the opposite end of roller lock and then strap it to the awning arm.
Roller lock plus awning in roller strapped down will prevent roller from rotating and unfurling the awning.......plus you always know where the awning rod is.

Good idea, Old-Biscuit!

Side note:

I'm really surprised at the number of awnings out there that don't come with roller travel locks built right in.

My own Fiesta has a slider lock that CAN'T unlock the roller unless physically pushed down the arm...and one has to unlatch an adjacent piece of hardware to do that step-?