Awning on new TT.
Was looking at a TT we thought we might like. but when we came back out it not only had a TINY awning, it was electric. Which is pretty much a deal breaker for me. Salesman said. but it is so much str...
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Terryallan wrote:CavemanCharlie wrote:
Golly, none of you must live in rural the midwest where the wind blows. It often comes up suddenly with out warning. I would love to have a electric awning. I don't use my manual one often because I'm so afraid that it will get ripped off of the TT when I am not around. Yes, you can roll the manual one up too but, it does take a little work and finesse to get it rolled up. When the calm wind suddenly comes up to 25 mph (gusts to 30) and you have to run full speed back to the camper and try to get the awning rolled up in a 25 mph (gust to 30) wind it is not fun.
FYI. My manual awning in carport position, will take a gust to 30 mph with no problems. The wind ALWAYS blows at the beach, 24/7. the only time we take ours in is when a hurricane passes offshore, or during a SEVERE thunderstorm, usually with tornadoes. Yes then is comes in. and we go to shelter. Other than that. It stays out.
We tie down our electric awning at the beach also. But we do retract it when we leave the campground for something. We've had some pretty bad storms come up while we were away and glad we did. Have seen some damaged awnings that were tied down. If we are there, we are more likely to bring in our slides to protect the slide toppers before we put in the awning...lol
