Posted 2013-05-11 5:48 PM (#151913) Subject: Awning tie down
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Posts: 218 Location: Ohio
I am thinking about getting an awning tie down kit for our trailer. Several years ago I had a regular travel trailer and lost the awning in the wind. My concern is pulling down on the end of the awning and putting a lot of stress on the attatchement to the trailer. Have any of you used these for any length of time and if so how has it worked out. I am looking at:http://www.amazon.com/Camco-42514-Awning-Hold-Strap/dp/B000EDOST2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368312041&sr=8-1&keywords=awning+tie+downs
Posted 2013-05-12 8:33 AM (#151916 - in reply to #151913) Subject: RE: Awning tie down
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Posts: 330 Location: northeast Texas
Havent clicked your link yet, but we drive a couple tent stakes in the ground, stand on a little 3 step ladder/stool, tie a rope around each end of the awning top (not the arm part but next to it), then tie it off with a slip knot on the tent stake. I use the heavier triangular shaped stakes driven in at an angle. Never had an issue with the awning, however, I still put it up if the wind gets really rough. Ours is a two-step so it flexes in wind and dumps itself in rain. The new awnings have a wind setting and close themselves up when it reaches this point.
Posted 2013-05-12 9:47 AM (#151921 - in reply to #151913) Subject: RE: Awning tie down
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Posts: 656 Location: Rayne, LA
That is exactly what I use. I have never had trouble but the only thing to remember is that the easier it is to drive the stakes in-- the easier it will be for them to come out. like very sandy soil. I once saw a man tie two five gallon buckets to each end of his awning and fill them with water and just dump them when leaving. This may be a good idea only when camping with hook-ups sometimes water is scarce
Posted 2013-05-12 9:48 AM (#151922 - in reply to #151913) Subject: RE: Awning tie down
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Posts: 373 Location: Texas
Some tie down kits are pretty much those dog tie out stakes that you screw into the ground, and then you would hook your ties to the handle. (and kind of expensive for the kit) Does this system work? Because those dog stakes are at dollar stores for a couple bucks each
Posted 2013-05-12 5:49 PM (#151936 - in reply to #151913) Subject: RE: Awning tie down
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Posts: 105 Location: Illinois
Those look very similar to the ones we have used 15 plus years. We don't use stakes as ground can be hard to drive stakes in or remove. Bought 4 10 lb. barbell weights. Attached 2 weights together using an eye bolt. Spread the eye a bit this permits the spring to slip on. We then have 20 lbs. on each end. Has worked well for us. Camping World has them listed. Might also consider awning deflappers.
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