dumping water off awning
When we picked up our new TT it was drizzling. the wife had a whole suburban load to unload in it. So we put out the awning so we wouldn't get her truck and everything wet. We went inside and not 15 ...
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spike99 wrote:Larry wrote:
...I have to put a center support under mine to keep the tube absolutely straight. ..... Larry
Just my point.... Awnings cannot take wind and rain weight. Thus, a centre post (vertical and/or horizontal) to make them better. Awnings are a very fragile design.
Again all I can say is I haven't found my awning fragile at all and the issue I mentioned only happens with the max length awnings and is a well know limitation. My last trailer had a 16' awning and there there was not issue and I only use the center support as I said to make the tube "ABSOLUTELY STRAIGHT" since I'm sort of a detail freek anyway. IMO it's now so much about how fragile the awning is, but making sure it's properly tensioned so there is minimum to no flapping. For that I have a couple of the awning deflappers (seldom use them) and use tube tensioning straps in addition to making sure the support arms don't have any slack in them. Rain weight should never be an issue if you put enough tilt on one end of the awning and here I'm not talking about a couple of inches, but like 1 1/2 FEET down on one side. With the kind of tilt there is absolutely NO WAY any water is going to collect on an awning.
Larry
