question on power awnings
The DW and i just bought a 2013 Gray Wolf 26BH, in fact we haven't even picked it up. I know this will be covered when we do the walk through but that's a couple weeks off. I forgot to ask about the p...
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I have been watching this post and could not figure how an awning could collapse onto the roof like MM49 said it would ....but the 2nd picture here explains it ...looks nice on the roof and I see where the bar bends to allow this ....lol..Is it april fools day or groundhog day today???
wmoses wrote:MM49 wrote:
You’re not very bright! The power awning has joint right below the shock absorber mount. The join will bend in high wind and the shock absorber will gently allow the fabric and beam to fold on to the roof. Mine has done that at least ten times, and it is a 20' awning. The new awnings are made of even lighter material that the manual ones. Tying them will guarantee damage to them.
MM49
So you tell people that they are 'wrong' and 'not very bright' (stupid) from the safety of your Internet connection, eh? Bet you don't do that in real life. At least not for long.
For what its worth I am a practising licensed professorial engineer and I get paid a fair wage for my work. I know how links work.
Moreover I have seen how my awning behaves in wind. l KNOW how it 'kneels' in the wind such that the roller comes back to the trailer side at roof edge. That is what it is supposed to do, and I don't need smart people like you to tell me that.
The people here who manage to have a different POV than you and who manage to do it gracefully and with some class are talking about wind gusts that could attack the deployed awning in such a way to overwhelm the as-designed collapse behaviour you insist on. Up to now you have not explained the mechanics of how the pole and tie downs will hurt or damage the awning. Instead you keep insisting that it just will, while insulting other forum members at the same time. You provide a link to Dometic that proves nothing and does not disprove the use of struts (poles to you) and tiedowns. Why not use your smarts to Google some awning destruction? Here are a couple for you. Notice the shock absorbers. But wait - these people, like me, must have been not very bright.
