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jon_d wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:38 am
What type of awning is it?
Traditional one with the legs or a self supporting one like Bruce's description?
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Jon, It is an A+E 8500 by Dometic I have thrown a rope over the middle of it, in the pic, as it was a bit windy that day. The pic isn't the best, but you will get the idea.
The cook is at Bunnings now, looking at stuff. But I reckon that our new ladder will come from ebay.
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Cheers
David
David and Terrie with Bandit the travelling companion 2006 Winnebago Alpine Recently retired and loving it.
We carry a folding step-ladder which, after closing like a standard step-ladder, then folds the steps so that the four uprights come together into a very compact square tube-shaped thing about 3" x 3" and 5ft long.
Goes into a carry-bag and looks like a slightly muscular spirit level. Stows easily in our under-floor through-bin.
I'd post some piccies, except it's in Girt, and she's currently having some cosmetic surgery...
Hoping she'll be released from hospital (panel shop) by the end of the week.
Watch this space................................... --> [ ]
Regards & God bless,
Ray
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Another way of stopping the awning flapping is to add those fibreglass rods between the RV mounted sail track and the awning drum (slightly longer than the space between the two) and one long one between each of the stretcher arms. The idea is to create a convex arch across the top of the awning to stop the high pressure/low pressure changes either side of the awning that causes it to flap. These can all be installed while the stretcher arms are fully extended but the side lifter arms are mostly at their lower level notches. This avoids the need to climb on ladders .......
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BernieQ wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:47 pm
Do you have anti rattlers Dave ?
Bernie .
Bernie, What do you mean by anti-rattlers? Something to stop the support arms shaking about when in transit, or de-flappers to stop the cover from trying to tear itself to bits when it's windy?
I fit some curved rafters between the wall and the drum end (which, I think is what T1 is referring to.) and adjust them to suit, but have not used the similar, and very expensive end-clamps as they are difficult to fit without a ladder of some description.
Cheers
David
David and Terrie with Bandit the travelling companion 2006 Winnebago Alpine Recently retired and loving it.
What you call end clamps Dave . Dont know where you would call them difficult to put up..
i did need a ladder to put mine up on the bus which was 3.6 Mts high . "Same as Grandad has"
They stop all that flapping no need for a rope over the middle .
I also have them on the caravan...if the awning goes out the "end clamps" go on . plus the two centre rafters I have .
Bernie .
Very simple to use. My awning is above the windows in the bus, (on the curve of the roof) and I'm a shorty. I can fit them and only need to (sometimes) stand on a chair to flick the top catch.
Bernie, the end clamp things I was referring to are the same as the de-flappers in Jon's link. The guy that replaced our awning cover claims that the clamps you refer to are unsuitable for our awning due to the width. But he was trying to sell me the arms same as Jon's.
We already have a similar product, but I can't fit them unless I use a ladder or stand on the table, which is now forbidden anyway.
Which is why I am looking for a suitable ladder.
Cheers
David
David and Terrie with Bandit the travelling companion 2006 Winnebago Alpine Recently retired and loving it.