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06-30-2013, 10:29 AM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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Awning
I recently purchased a2005 16 foot scamp that does not have an awning. Any suggestions about purchasing and installing beside the scamp manufacturer?
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06-30-2013, 01:26 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,711
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Hi Chuck to FiberglassRV. We're glad you're here
I installed the same awning Casita has, not cheap, but worth every penny to me.
Are you interested in an awning that can use a screen enclosure? Would a bag awning (on awning rail) appeal to you?
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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06-30-2013, 02:25 PM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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Awning
I am interested in the awning rail. Especially the installation
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06-30-2013, 02:53 PM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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awning
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I am new to this, so bear with me. I have a round rod that runs where an awning would attach to the trailer. It appears that maybe an awning attached to this rod in the past. If that type of awning is a "bag" awning, that is probably what I need. Do you know how I can determine if that is what the rod is for?
Thanks,
Chuck
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06-30-2013, 03:17 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Ron
Trailer: Trillium 13 ft (green grape)
Ontario
Posts: 442
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If the rod is open on one side then yes you can instal a bagged one or have a custom one made up
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06-30-2013, 04:22 PM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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The rod has two caps, one on each side. The caps appear to be glued on.
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06-30-2013, 04:27 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,711
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Posting a picture would help us help you Chuck.
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Donna D.
Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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06-30-2013, 05:16 PM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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Took the picture do not know how to send it
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06-30-2013, 05:41 PM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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Picture
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06-30-2013, 05:53 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Jim
Trailer: Bigfoot 1981 Trailer
British Columbia
Posts: 189
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuckp
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Ok do you want a real cheapie? I had an old 8 ft x 10 ft tarp lying around, so went to the rv dealer and obtained a 10 ft piece of rubber insert that would fit in the awning rail, and just sewed the rubber insert to the tarp and inserted it into the awing rail....real cheap way of doing it, and only takes a few minutes to install and remove, and had to buy 3 eight foot telescopic tent poles, rope and pegs from a camping store. Works well and minimum cost. Jim
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06-30-2013, 06:13 PM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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The awning rail is a solid metal pipe, how would I insert a sewn rubber insert?
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06-30-2013, 06:19 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Jim
Trailer: Bigfoot 1981 Trailer
British Columbia
Posts: 189
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I did not realize that the rail was a solid metal pipe, but I am sure that for a very small cost, your rv dealer would have a awning rail with a slit in it and then you could insert the tarp/rubber insert in it. I used fishing line with a large needle to sew the insert onto the tarp
I could download some pics if it would be of any help.
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06-30-2013, 06:25 PM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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Thanks.
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06-30-2013, 06:29 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Jim
Trailer: Bigfoot 1981 Trailer
British Columbia
Posts: 189
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Awining
It was very windy this particular day, so I held it down from the hitch as well as the rear bumper.
I did not take pics of the actual sewing but I think you may get the idea.
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06-30-2013, 06:39 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp 19 ft 5th Wheel
Posts: 1,861
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Chuck
It looks like your trailer came with an awning. Half the battle is over since you have the awning brackets are bolted to the roof. Looks like the PO added the pipe when he removed the awning. Since you have an anchor point for $75 you can go with a dining canopy's like the some of the Parkliner people are using.
Eddie
http://www.fiberglassrv.com/forums/f...e-58473-3.html
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06-30-2013, 07:10 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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An awning rail is a piece of aluminum channel attached along its whole length directly to the trailer. The awning fabric itself slides into this channel, thus forming a leakproof full length seam between the trailer and the awning. According to my way of thinking, this feature alone makes the rail preferable to the bracket arrangement, which permits rainwater to run down the side of the trailer onto the "porch". The picture below shows such a rail, and a bag awning slid into it. As you can see, the rail is used not just for deploying the awning but for transport of same.
I highly recommend you install one of these- once you have one, you can use it to string just about anything from. My first awning was a tarp wedged into the rail using a piece of spline...it traveled with its three supporting poles rolled up inside. Worked just fine.
I've since installed a regular pulldown awning just like the big boys have using the same original rail for the fabric. Couldn't be happier!
Francesca
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06-30-2013, 09:10 PM
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Senior Member
Name: bob
Trailer: 1996 Casita 17 Spirit Deluxe; 1946 Modernistic teardrop
New York
Posts: 5,416
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Looks to me like Chuck has some home made thing that a previous owned made up, almost like a big curtain rod??
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07-01-2013, 05:00 AM
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Member
Name: Chuck
Trailer: Casita
Florida
Posts: 32
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Thanks all!
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