Question about drive away awnings.
Discussion
There's several ways to do it TBH
Ideally the van will have a gutter or an awning rail fitted, or get one if you haven't. once you have a rail you can then use some figure 8 plastic strip and a double beading (Kador) strip. The strip goes on the awning beading then the kador joins the rail and fig 8 together. Driving away is easy, you just pull out rhe kador bit and rethread it on returning.
There's loads of other ways including straps, hooking the plastic fig 8 directly to a gutter if it has one etc etc but I've found having a proper rail and kador strip to be by far the best option for me
Ideally the van will have a gutter or an awning rail fitted, or get one if you haven't. once you have a rail you can then use some figure 8 plastic strip and a double beading (Kador) strip. The strip goes on the awning beading then the kador joins the rail and fig 8 together. Driving away is easy, you just pull out rhe kador bit and rethread it on returning.
There's loads of other ways including straps, hooking the plastic fig 8 directly to a gutter if it has one etc etc but I've found having a proper rail and kador strip to be by far the best option for me
JimbobVFR said:
There's several ways to do it TBH
Ideally the van will have a gutter or an awning rail fitted, or get one if you haven't. once you have a rail you can then use some figure 8 plastic strip and a double beading (Kador) strip. The strip goes on the awning beading then the kador joins the rail and fig 8 together. Driving away is easy, you just pull out rhe kador bit and rethread it on returning.
There's loads of other ways including straps, hooking the plastic fig 8 directly to a gutter if it has one etc etc but I've found having a proper rail and kador strip to be by far the best option for me
Thank you!Ideally the van will have a gutter or an awning rail fitted, or get one if you haven't. once you have a rail you can then use some figure 8 plastic strip and a double beading (Kador) strip. The strip goes on the awning beading then the kador joins the rail and fig 8 together. Driving away is easy, you just pull out rhe kador bit and rethread it on returning.
There's loads of other ways including straps, hooking the plastic fig 8 directly to a gutter if it has one etc etc but I've found having a proper rail and kador strip to be by far the best option for me
Years back we were on site in our T2 Bay window which had a non free standing drive away awning. We'd been thinking of getting a free stander for a while, though we had erecting and dismantling the awning off to a fine art thought it would be an improvement.
So we were interested to see a group in a T3 pull up nearby with a driveway awning.
Off they went leaving it on their pitch, it had a similar arrangement to that above to connect awning and van rail.
When they got back it was absolutely persisting it down. Maybe they were new to the van / awning, or maybe they were just hopeless, but what a flaming dogs breakfast they made of getting the van back into position. Kept ending up just too far away to make the connection.
Drowned rats by the end, Mrs and I reckoned we could have had our awning up from scratch in half the time. So we never got one, and continued with the one we had until we sold the van.
Mind you it still pissed me off when out for the day to come back and someone has nicked your pitch.
So we were interested to see a group in a T3 pull up nearby with a driveway awning.
Off they went leaving it on their pitch, it had a similar arrangement to that above to connect awning and van rail.
When they got back it was absolutely persisting it down. Maybe they were new to the van / awning, or maybe they were just hopeless, but what a flaming dogs breakfast they made of getting the van back into position. Kept ending up just too far away to make the connection.
Drowned rats by the end, Mrs and I reckoned we could have had our awning up from scratch in half the time. So we never got one, and continued with the one we had until we sold the van.
Mind you it still pissed me off when out for the day to come back and someone has nicked your pitch.
FiF said:
Years back we were on site in our T2 Bay window which had a non free standing drive away awning. We'd been thinking of getting a free stander for a while, though we had erecting and dismantling the awning off to a fine art thought it would be an improvement.
So we were interested to see a group in a T3 pull up nearby with a driveway awning.
Off they went leaving it on their pitch, it had a similar arrangement to that above to connect awning and van rail.
When they got back it was absolutely persisting it down. Maybe they were new to the van / awning, or maybe they were just hopeless, but what a flaming dogs breakfast they made of getting the van back into position. Kept ending up just too far away to make the connection.
Drowned rats by the end, Mrs and I reckoned we could have had our awning up from scratch in half the time. So we never got one, and continued with the one we had until we sold the van.
Mind you it still pissed me off when out for the day to come back and someone has nicked your pitch.
Thanks, I had wondered about exactly that.So we were interested to see a group in a T3 pull up nearby with a driveway awning.
Off they went leaving it on their pitch, it had a similar arrangement to that above to connect awning and van rail.
When they got back it was absolutely persisting it down. Maybe they were new to the van / awning, or maybe they were just hopeless, but what a flaming dogs breakfast they made of getting the van back into position. Kept ending up just too far away to make the connection.
Drowned rats by the end, Mrs and I reckoned we could have had our awning up from scratch in half the time. So we never got one, and continued with the one we had until we sold the van.
Mind you it still pissed me off when out for the day to come back and someone has nicked your pitch.
We just bought a Vango Cruz driveaway tent for our T5. We needed a load more space for the twins and it works a treat. Yes 1st return after leaving the tent took a couple of goes to line the campervan up correctly so tent could attach to the rail. But after that it was fairly easy and quick to re-connect.
Park van
Erect awning
When all ok,get a brightly coloured guy rope/ paracord and two small pegs.
On drivers side of van,fix peg into ground bottom centre of front wheel, fix a peg bottom centre of rear wheel. Tie guy rope between the two along the ground.
When you come back with the van you simply reverse so yourvan and wheels line up with pegs and rope line.
Erect awning
When all ok,get a brightly coloured guy rope/ paracord and two small pegs.
On drivers side of van,fix peg into ground bottom centre of front wheel, fix a peg bottom centre of rear wheel. Tie guy rope between the two along the ground.
When you come back with the van you simply reverse so yourvan and wheels line up with pegs and rope line.
Yep dead easy, it also helps give an indication of where the van would come to to other campers as they arrive as once the bit that attached to the van is rolled up its quite deceptive. I've got a length of orange paracord for just this purpose.
Make sure it is the drivers side as it's a lot easier to line up than putting it on the nearside
Make sure it is the drivers side as it's a lot easier to line up than putting it on the nearside
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