Date:         Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:28:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Long awning question
Comments: To: Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com>
In-Reply-To:  <0978D9FC-B599-43FB-B1DB-A9BF0E8EC39E@roadhaus.com>
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I ordered a 11'6" Fiamma from Van-cafe.com. They only have 8 and 10 footers
listed but they will custom order the longer versions that Fiamma offers if
needed.

I love it.

http://dasmotoclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/vanagon_fiamma_awning-01.jpg

Thanks
Abel.



On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com> wrote:

> 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
>