Date:         Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:17:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
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From:         Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Long awning question
Comments: To: Richard Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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Volks,

Thanks to good advise from Richard Jones .. we went the 2 bracket route with our new Fiamma.

Been on the road for 7 weeks/4411 miles, used the awning almost every day and all is holding tight and doing very well.



larry
'90 Syncro Westy Subie 2.2L
Website: roadhaus.com
Blog: roadhausramblings.wordpress.com





On Jul 19, 2014, at 7:28 AM, Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu> wrote:

> I have a 10' crank-out awning and started with 3 brackets (from
> an earlier awning) to find that I kept bending/breaking brackets
> and the gutter.  If you sight from back to front, you see the
> van has a bow.  Crank-out awnings are stiff and don't like to
> be bowed, so there is stress.  Two brackets work fine for me now.
> 
> I started with three because I formerly had a hand-roll-out awning,
> which is more flexible--that is, the case is more flexible--and
> three brackets worked fine with that for 15 years.
> 
> With a heavier crank-out, I like two beefy brackets (such as GoWesty)
> with the bolt into the sheetmetal to keep the awning from trying
> to flex the gutter.
> 
> Richard