Lost my awning on the highway - high wind
Well gee whiz, I almost had to frown today! After a hitchup error (see previous post by me), I had lunch with my 80 year old aunt and hit the highway from Medicine Hat Alberta to Calgary. Heading ...
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Clay L wrote:tbr2015 wrote:
Our friends lost their awning in similar fashion. After that, we took a long velcro strap and put it around the awning arms about half way up so they can't come open on their own. It has worked for a number of years now. Easy to remove and put back on when needed.
It has "worked" because they haven't had enough wind from the side. The wind comes up under the awning and unfurls the fabric by striping the ratchet that holds the awning rolled up. The arms are still locked.
To do the job the roller tube has to be locked in place somehow.
Agreed, a velcro strap will not keep the awning secure. We were traveling a back road of Texas, thankfully, when a quartering wind took the whole roller off. We didn't use Velcro and the arms were still secure. It was scary to think of that roller sailing if we had been on an interstate. Since then we use an awning lock.
