Now that's clever!

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@gmail.com> wrote:

> >I highly recommend using the optional poles-a serious down draft will
> >bend your roof brackets & reduce the height of the cantilevered
> >awning so that it is too low to walk under w/o the poles-ask me how I
> >know.
> >
> >YMMV,
> >
> >Mr. BZ-used it last weekend w/ hold down ropes & poles
>
> This is indeed the problem --- the brackets bend down. We don't use the
> extra poles because we travel with an exuberant Black Lab who is normally
> tied to the van on an extendible leash. He would wipe out any poles in no
> time. I got sick of bending the brackets back up. I made myself an aluminum
> bracket that fits on the centre pole; it os designed to put no strain on
> the
> material. I run a tent guyline up to my roof rack -- tighten as I please
> and
> the guyline then keeps the awning from going down and the hold down lines
> keep it from going up. If you're without a roof rack the guyline could
> easily go to the front of the raised poptop (those angled supports --- you
> know).
>
> I've heard that Wolfgang has changed his brackets to prevent this problem
> but haven't seen them yet.
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
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