Totally Destroyed My Awning Today
Well Crud!
I was pulling out of my storage facility today and got too close to a small outbuilding and damaged my awning. One thing I realized as I looked at the destroyed awning was how bad the fabric was on this thing. We never used the awning, and it was then that I understood how dangerous it was running with tattered fabric as it holds the top of the awning to the TT! Duh! Maybe there is some good in this disaster, LOL.
Our TT is 10 years old, we have owned it 4 years, and pulled out the awning once. We TT with friends and use their rig as the central hang out and essentially sleep in ours. We plan on keeping the TT for 4-5 more years, then offload it when we buy our diesel pusher as part of the pre-retirement plan.
My insurance has a 500 dollar deductible, and since we don't use the awning we are just going to yank it off and toss it in the dumpster. My only issue is the slight damage to the TT. The front upper bracket had both screws pulled from the side of the TT. In the rear, only one of the two screws pulled out. The tube is bent, and the awning arms are toast.
I was planning on heading out to the storage facility tomorrow and remove the awning, plug the mounting holes and cover them with eternabond tape and call it a day.
If the screw hole damage looks more severe than what I feel my pay grade allows, I will let my RV repair facility fix the hole damage.
Another day in paradise! On the bright side, no one was hurt during this adventure!
I was pulling out of my storage facility today and got too close to a small outbuilding and damaged my awning. One thing I realized as I looked at the destroyed awning was how bad the fabric was on this thing. We never used the awning, and it was then that I understood how dangerous it was running with tattered fabric as it holds the top of the awning to the TT! Duh! Maybe there is some good in this disaster, LOL.
Our TT is 10 years old, we have owned it 4 years, and pulled out the awning once. We TT with friends and use their rig as the central hang out and essentially sleep in ours. We plan on keeping the TT for 4-5 more years, then offload it when we buy our diesel pusher as part of the pre-retirement plan.
My insurance has a 500 dollar deductible, and since we don't use the awning we are just going to yank it off and toss it in the dumpster. My only issue is the slight damage to the TT. The front upper bracket had both screws pulled from the side of the TT. In the rear, only one of the two screws pulled out. The tube is bent, and the awning arms are toast.
I was planning on heading out to the storage facility tomorrow and remove the awning, plug the mounting holes and cover them with eternabond tape and call it a day.
If the screw hole damage looks more severe than what I feel my pay grade allows, I will let my RV repair facility fix the hole damage.
Another day in paradise! On the bright side, no one was hurt during this adventure!
