I don't want to drill any holes in my van's body (or my body either for that matter), so I was planning on running the support poles vertically to the ground. I tried this setup with the A&E awning at an RV store and it works fine. You just have to secure the ends of the poles to the ground somehow (tent stake) to keep them from getting knocked or blown out from under the awning. To keep the awning from sagging, there are two horizontal supports running in a V from the roller to the outer corners of the awning. -Mark ---------- >From: Todd Francis[SMTP:tbf@pacifier.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 1996 10:34 AM ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: Re: awnings, what I've learned When I started to investigate installation I saw that the diagonal arm that holds the awning up when pulled out would interfere with the front door(you can't open the door with the awning out). It seems that all of the awnings that I see only go to the rear of the front door. I have been very busy lately and haven't really studied this instalation completely, so it might be possible to install a 10 footer but I think it will be a problem.
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