Every worry about your awning opening when driving
Saw a guy in Maine have his awning ripped off while driving Somehow something broke and it came open Is this an issue with the power ones ?
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Yup, it CAN happen even if the arms remain locked to the side of the RV and the ratcheting mechanism inside is intact and in the correct position, exactly as Dutch_12078 writes.
It happened to me on our first outing with my last RV. A&E 9000 with the aluminum weatherguard. Strong wind coming in at about the 1:30 position, roller started to unroll even though the ratchet lever was in the correct position and intact and the legs were still locked; the wind was strong enough to overcome the mechanism. It was a bear to unroll and re-roll in the heavy wind, but eventually got it done. And to verify that nothing was "broken", we continued to use that awning with no changes for 12+ years. I did, however, fabricate a metal strap that wrapped around the roller and locked it against the side of the RV.
On my current RV, the first mod was to add this, which is almost exactly like what I made for my previous RV.
It happened to me on our first outing with my last RV. A&E 9000 with the aluminum weatherguard. Strong wind coming in at about the 1:30 position, roller started to unroll even though the ratchet lever was in the correct position and intact and the legs were still locked; the wind was strong enough to overcome the mechanism. It was a bear to unroll and re-roll in the heavy wind, but eventually got it done. And to verify that nothing was "broken", we continued to use that awning with no changes for 12+ years. I did, however, fabricate a metal strap that wrapped around the roller and locked it against the side of the RV.
On my current RV, the first mod was to add this, which is almost exactly like what I made for my previous RV.
