Have you replaced the awning of your Class C?

The wife and I replace our awning without too many problems There are several videos online that can help with the planning and what order to do. Took I think 2-3 hours to do. One thing - ours didn't seem to come with the tool that goes into the tube to help guide sliding it on. Had to be real careful not to rip it however after we got it on the tool fell out of the end of the box. Thought I had looked all over for it but I was obviously mistaken.

Our awning inflated and billowed up like a sail at 60mph on the highway. Luckily only the fabric was shredded by the time we knew what was happening. We had the mobile RV service guy install this $50 locking device to prevent a future occurrance:

http://awninglock.com/index.shtml

I do appreciate the input. I'm in the process of contacting RV companies in the area. There are some who have responded immediately and some who haven't. Will keep y'all posted: especially as to costs.

Stay AWAY from the RV dealerships and/or repair shops. They are a total rip off!!

I would never bother doing it myself. That spring loaded tube can be a killer.

Call a CG in your area. Ask for who they use for their "Mobile RV Repair".

Call the Mobile RV repair guy! They do so many of these they have the old one off and the new one on in what seems like seconds!! They also have a hot line right to the companies that sell the fabric and will get better prices then you will ever get buying it from CW or n RV dealership and it will be installed right where you are at and for a reasonable fee.

The one tip I will tell you is there are TWO types of fabric. I was not aware of this.

The replacement awning I had put on was the lesser quality and within months it started bubbling and ripping.

The original awning was on for 10 years and looked like brand new, except for the tornado ripping it off it would have lasted another 10 years.

So make sure you order the better one. I can't remember the name of the two different fabrics but someone here can chime in with the names of the 2 types and which one to stay WAY away from using.

I do appreciate the input. I'm in the process of contacting RV companies in the area. There are some who have responded immediately and some who haven't. Will keep y'all posted: especially as to costs.

I did mine once. It's intimidating, and I did lose control of the spring at one point but with no injury. Not sure I'd do it again. Maybe. The problem I had at the time was finding good instructions online. Maybe youtube has something now.

I had mine done at Camping world, simply because I didn't feel comfortable trying it myself, it took one guy to disconnect everything, two guys to remove it, & three guys to put it back on.
They used a scaffold on wheels rather than ladders, took them about an hour +/-, don't remember exactly, but it seems like it was over $400. Glad I didn't try it myself.

I had a local mobile RV service guy order the original replacement fabric and install it. It took him and his wife,on a couple of ladders, to remove old fabric and to thread new fabric on the awning roller. Took them about an hour and charge was $800 as I recall. I think that there are some You Tube videos showing how it's done.

THANKS for the info! With all that is involved I'm leaning towards having someone who has done it install the replacement. Now, to find a company who can do what they say they can...and not cut corners!

My post with pictures explaining how I replaced the awning fabric on our 2003 Minnie.

The spring is under tension - even after you've unscrewed the arms and lowered the entire beast to the ground - DO NOT pick up the round awning head with your hands until you KNOW that the tension has been released (sprung). That thing will do some serious injury to your hand if it let's loose while you are holding onto it. I read up on it... I watched video's... and still had a close call.


Other than that... my advice is that it's best not to try to do this alone by yourself. Nice to have at least two others to help.

We just put a power awning on our class A and I love it.
some info on the power awning install