Awning

[kmiller]

On the Road Warrior, has anyone ever adjusted the awning so it allows a tilt. To allow water not to build up in the center, I see the adjustment pins, but I was always been cautious not knowing if the awning would still work with the retract.

[Peg_Leg]

I always look at the lay of the land and try to determine which direction ground water will flow. Then I dip the corner that will "hopefully" allow for a flow away from entrance door.

Note: This does not always work as planned.

[Mich_F]

j-d wrote:
Mich,

Fully Extend or Fully Retract?

Whether he fully extends them, or fully retracts them, I was trying to tell him to make sure they were at the same position before retracting. 😉
I just noticed in a later post that his awning has an auto retract feature. That will be an issue if it tries to retract with the arms at different positions.:E

[kmiller]

I was unable to find out the model in the owners manual, the awning is a Carefree of Colorado not sure if its a( Travel'r)? it has the auto retract feature with numbers and pins like the ones on a easy up shade tent. I did find the sn: 2088181862 and the Pn is OU183425.
It not the common type.

[bukhrn]

kmiller wrote:
On the Road Warrior, has anyone ever adjusted the awning so it allows a tilt. To allow water not to build up in the center, I see the adjustment pins, but I was always been cautious not knowing if the awning would still work with the retract.

Yes, I put a slight angle on the awning for runoff purposes, but I always return both sides to the bottom position before retracting the awning, not sure it would retract properly otherwise.

[j-d]

Mich,

Fully Extend or Fully Retract?

We've had what I'll call "the ordinary" A&E/Dometic and the Carefree of Colorado awnings. With both awnings, we've left one end "high" and the other end "low" but both ends were higher than the retracted/storage positions.

Then to stow the awning, I drop both arms all the way to the retracted/folding/storage/travel position. Advantage to that is that I can unlock the roller without using the rod. Then I hold the unlocked roller and walk to the center of the roller where I have the strap and rod ready to let it roll on up.

[Mich_F]

I would suggest lowering which ever side you want for rain run off, but fully extending both arms before retracting.

[FrankShore]

What make and model of awning do you have?