Indeed, now I see you had already picked up on the point, I was just responding to what I could see in the photo and comment in #22, not back reading to see it had been addressed.
Apologies.
Apologies.
Reply to you all. First of all apologies for the delay but have been on a cruise!
We do have the more modern clamps, but as some have said neither of us is safe on a step ladder nowadays (plus hubby has a (minor!) fractured spine!
Will buy one of the pulleys suggested - seen them before and am passing Towsure in Sheffield tomorrow.
I think it is a case of the broom handle but will see if there is scope to pull the awning through a tad further to fit the right-hand clamp a bit lower down.
We have got a cheap inflatable and while it is easy to erect it is VERY flimsy.
Off down south next week, so will report back.
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I'm sure any one of us has the ability to tie a length of nylon rope (albeit thin rope) and use that to put the awning, that's what I use then tie it of to grab handle fire and aft, nice and tidy
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My post wasn’t just about a bit of rope, it was in reference to making the equivalent of the Dometic awning pulley kit.
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And we had the awning pulley kit it made life easier putting our awning on our caravan
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This is what I do and it does make such a difference.
Yesterday we arrived at Eye Kettleby Lakes and set up our Dometic Rally Pro 390S - height is an issue for me but I used the caravan steps and fed it through the awning rail without much difficulty.
Steve
Dear all, so sorry it seems I have ignored all your comments but I did read them at the time and considered some of them to be possibles. However, several medical problems have intervened and by now we have been on our next site and seem to have found an easier solution which might not work for all.
I imagined that at 5 foot 3 I would need a step stool to read the awning rail but in fact I found I could JUST reach it from the van step with the aid of a second step with a tall handrail for stability. I found said step at the back of the garage, bought for some reason years ago and never used.
I learnt that the RHS front upright pole needed to be used (but not the roof pole) to raise the awning roof otherwise the clamp was "clamped" to the van wall and was immoveable. Using the front pole meant it was loose enough for me to be just about able to (safely) get it over the exterior light (standing on said step).
Of course I then had to remember to leave the upright pole in place when dismantling as well. In fact it was all a doddle.
I see the benefit of the pulley system but in fact without the front window zipped in the awning is not that heavy to pull through the channel. I tried the lubricant idea but couldn't get it to spray inside the channel!!
Anyway, thanks a lot everyone.
Meg
I imagined that at 5 foot 3 I would need a step stool to read the awning rail but in fact I found I could JUST reach it from the van step with the aid of a second step with a tall handrail for stability. I found said step at the back of the garage, bought for some reason years ago and never used.
I learnt that the RHS front upright pole needed to be used (but not the roof pole) to raise the awning roof otherwise the clamp was "clamped" to the van wall and was immoveable. Using the front pole meant it was loose enough for me to be just about able to (safely) get it over the exterior light (standing on said step).
Of course I then had to remember to leave the upright pole in place when dismantling as well. In fact it was all a doddle.
I see the benefit of the pulley system but in fact without the front window zipped in the awning is not that heavy to pull through the channel. I tried the lubricant idea but couldn't get it to spray inside the channel!!
Anyway, thanks a lot everyone.
Meg
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