dumping water off awning
When we picked up our new TT it was drizzling. the wife had a whole suburban load to unload in it. So we put out the awning so we wouldn't get her truck and everything wet. We went inside and not 15 ...
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spike99 wrote:
IMO, awnings are the most fragile moving part of a RV/TT. They don't like wind, they don't like rain weight and they don't stay clean very long. Especially the underside white ones.
For my previous TT, I tried to lower its large awning myself. One of the pins let go and it all came crashing down. Broke several small parts on it. Luckily, my fingers weren't in the way - as it came crashing down. And, it didn't make dents in the side of my TT.
Long mumblings short. It isn't you. It's the cheap design of fragile awning systems.
WOW that sure isn't what I've experienced even with my extra long 21' awning. I've had it out in some fairly serious winds too. Of course I'm always sure to make sure I have an extremely good tilt down at one corner for runoff. However I can see how easily these very long awning tubes can be bent since I have to put a center support under mine to keep the tube absolutely straight. Mine is a Dometic Sunchaser manual vintage 2006/7.
Larry
