Awning Roller Tube

Question

Since I'm on a "roll", another victim on my Lake Tahoe trip was my awning tube.... It was only suppose to snow for an hour, 8 hours later, my awning was covered in about 6" of snow(yep, I know, should have never had it out, that's another story.) It took me about 2 hours to get all the snow off and of course, it now has a slight bow in the tube. It's still operational but a tad difficult to deploy because of the bow. Any thoughts as to bending it back...I have a thought of setting a couple of 2x4's in the center and trying to pull down on both ends to get a somewhat straighter tube?

dutchmensport · Answer

Extend it again, but stop just short, so the tube is bowed up. Let it snow another 6 inches. See if that helps? :h

acampingwewillg · Answer

DutchmenSport wrote:Extend it again, but stop just short, so the tube is bowed up. Let it snow another 6 inches. See if that helps? :hNot a bad idea....maybe I'll just go up to Tahoe next year and wait for it to snow!!  LoL

turnthepage · Answer

Guess I got lucky.  A couple weeks ago we woke to several inches of very heavy snow on the awning.  It was seriously sagging but no permanent bends.  I agree with propping it up in the middle and adding weight to the ends.  Good luck!

ivylog · Answer

If your awning tube is alum you can straighten it fairly easily. If it's steel then it can be done but it's hard not to get a kink in it. Yes you can do it with two big guys and a 2x4 but you need a 2-3' one to put on top of the 2x4 to keep from bending in one spot.

acampingwewillg · Answer

Ahh Yes, it is aluminum (Zip Dee) and I did figure on using a section of 2x4 to prevent that one big tweek in the middle. Thank You for all the suggestions.

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