Now that's clever! Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@gmail.com> wrote: > >I highly recommend using the optional poles-a serious down draft will > >bend your roof brackets & reduce the height of the cantilevered > >awning so that it is too low to walk under w/o the poles-ask me how I > >know. > > > >YMMV, > > > >Mr. BZ-used it last weekend w/ hold down ropes & poles > > This is indeed the problem --- the brackets bend down. We don't use the > extra poles because we travel with an exuberant Black Lab who is normally > tied to the van on an extendible leash. He would wipe out any poles in no > time. I got sick of bending the brackets back up. I made myself an aluminum > bracket that fits on the centre pole; it os designed to put no strain on > the > material. I run a tent guyline up to my roof rack -- tighten as I please > and > the guyline then keeps the awning from going down and the hold down lines > keep it from going up. If you're without a roof rack the guyline could > easily go to the front of the raised poptop (those angled supports --- you > know). > > I've heard that Wolfgang has changed his brackets to prevent this problem > but haven't seen them yet. > > Cheers, > Doug > > > > > > > >
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