Securing power awning while in transit
Just heard about a friend of my brother's whose awning on his fifth wheel started coming out while he was driving. He has a new high end trailer so I'm sure it must have been a power awning. Heard t...
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mordecai81 wrote:
The awning can unroll without the arms deploying. Saw a FW on the side of I90 with the awning unrolled and torn to bits but the arms still stowed. I don't know if that's the most common scenario or if the arms deploying is, but nevertheless, I ordered the awning lock linked above when we got home. It's a well-made device.
yup. happened to us on I-90 back in '86 or '87. arms stayed in place and the awning fabric ballooned out. had i not glanced in my right mirror when i did i might've lost the awning. i was able to pull onto the shoulder and get it back in place. bought an awning lock a few days later and used it up till 2015 when we bought our current MH which has a power awning. securing the arms is not enough. you need to keep the roller from turning. that's what the lock does. as for damaging the awning if forgetting to remove the lock...in my case i did forget a few times early on. tbe result was the awning simply would not extend. no damage.
