Date:         Wed, 22 May 1996 14:42:00 +0000
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Harry Yates" <hyates@bcit.bc.ca>
Subject:      RE: awnings, what I've learned

Hi Everyone.  With regards to the anchors on my awning, I neglected 
to mention in my post that I don't have the metal anchors attached to 
my van.  Couldn't stand the thought of drilling holes in the van.

I just anchor the support rods to the ground with a metal tent peg.  
There are 2 holes in the foot to accomodate a peg.

The Apollo awning does not have horizontal supports running in a "V" 
like the A & E awning.  The fabric sags very little.  I always drop 
the back corner to aid water runoff (like a waterfall when it 
rains!).

Hope this clarifies.
Harry.

> 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
> 
> 
Harry Yates, Langley, British Columbia Canada
'90 Syncro Westfalia   WWW - http://www.bcit.bc.ca/~hyates
'87 Golf Diesel        email:  hyates@bcit.bc.ca