New bag awning

SidecarFlip wrote:
With it deployed, it looks just like a high buck retractable awning. In fact, it is, minus the retraction mechanism. Mine has the mounts on the camper body for the stays (just like the high buck ones do and the all aluminum tensioners as well. Only difference is retraction is via arm strong and price. An automatic awning is a couple grand. A 'bag' awning is a couple hundred.

'Bag' sounds tacky I admit, but the price of admission offsets the tacky.

My unit came with the extruded awning rail but you can buy the extruded rail that the awning fits is, cheap. In fact, I'm considering adding one on the opposite side of my TC.

I was thinking another one on the other side too. i added a gutter/awning rail to the other side too.

With it deployed, it looks just like a high buck retractable awning. In fact, it is, minus the retraction mechanism. Mine has the mounts on the camper body for the stays (just like the high buck ones do and the all aluminum tensioners as well. Only difference is retraction is via arm strong and price. An automatic awning is a couple grand. A 'bag' awning is a couple hundred.

'Bag' sounds tacky I admit, but the price of admission offsets the tacky.

My unit came with the extruded awning rail but you can buy the extruded rail that the awning fits is, cheap. In fact, I'm considering adding one on the opposite side of my TC.

We were in Yellowstone recently and saw an F150 with a Lance 650. Pretty good looking rig. Yes, I was surprised.

Rick

Ours is too. Kind of hard to stow but worth the hassle. We set the chairs under it and hang the Coleman Lantern from one end. Just keep the zipper lubed with wax and you'll be good. Friend of mine with one of those electric deploy and store awnings had a arm fail and is now waiting for a replacement and it's not under warranty. I bet the arm cost as much as our complete awnings did.

I can do manual over electric anyday.

i finally got to use it last week at Poppy mountain. All I can say is it was handier than a pocket on a shirt.

dahopkins wrote:
That is a great looking setup you have!!

Thank you

ctilsie242 wrote:

wvabeer wrote:
I was able to mount to the body. :)

Out of curiosity, how is that model truck camper? That seems to be the only one out there for a half-ton, and I wonder how the bathroom and other basic everyday camping stuff.

It's a 2015 livinlite camplite 6.8C 6.8 layout the bathroom in the 15 model is a wet bath, no sink ,my toilet is a Thetford cassette. I changed the seat to a dinette.

wvabeer wrote:
I was able to mount to the body. :)

Out of curiosity, how is that model truck camper? That seems to be the only one out there for a half-ton, and I wonder how the bathroom and other basic everyday camping stuff.

Bedlam wrote:
I've considered something like that on my enclosed trailer to keep the cost down. I also had a bag awning on my popup tent trailer.

I like mine. Got it from RV Wholesalers last winter on sale. The awning rail was already installed on my Palomino but you can buy the extruded rail in any length you want.

In many ways, much better than the roll (crank) up hard cased one I had on the Lance. No hornet nests to deal with. Looks the same deployed too.

Think I paid around 225 bucks delivered.

I've considered something like that on my enclosed trailer to keep the cost down. I also had a bag awning on my popup tent trailer.