manual vs electric awning?
Anyone changed out their manual awning for an electric? What brand did you go with and who did the change out for you? I have a 1999 Tradewinds and am considering the possibility of making the switch...
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Having had both and presently electric, I would think hard about another electric of any brand. We camp at the beach all the time where there is almost always an onshore breeze. If there is a sun screen on it, the ends are staked. If awning only, I have a complete kit of straps, stakes, etc.. I HAVE to strap down the awning once deployed 99% of the time, an exercise easily twice the time of deploying a manual. Before the electric we would set up camp, pull out the awning, and there it would stay for the week unless there was a gale churned up. There is a LOT to be said for those verticals poles latched back to the coach, vs. nothing .
Oh yeah, we've met several pretty nice people at the beach doing emergency rescues of out of control, unsecured awnings, the latest at Pala Casino pulling a Carefree back into place when the owner wasn't around.
Wind sensors? A joke
Oh yeah, we've met several pretty nice people at the beach doing emergency rescues of out of control, unsecured awnings, the latest at Pala Casino pulling a Carefree back into place when the owner wasn't around.
Wind sensors? A joke
