Saved an awning

[JohnDar]

A friend of ours, renting a TT at our CG, had their awning fill with water during a brief, but intense shower this morning. It was so loaded that it was seeping through the fabric and easily a foot deep in the center. She called and I used a section of hose to siphon the water off. I learned my lesson several years ago about not trying to move the manual arms to dump it. After getting it emptied, I dropped one side to give it an angle for draining since the worker that set it up left it perfectly level and flat.

The CG owner was appreciative of my assistance.

 

[Mattman]

Good grab. Was the lesson learned before a wet one or expensive one? I could see it being both.

 

[Lou_and_Bette]

Good save John. On our old RW which had the auto-dump feature, you had to be careful not to be standing at the front edge of the awing when it decided to dump because you were going to get a huge torrent of water drowning you. Then, one time when we stepped away from the rig during a very light rain the dump feature decided not to work so we came back to a crumpled front arm. Learned my lesson very quickly not to ever leave with the awing extended.

 

[JohnDar]

Good grab. Was the lesson learned before a wet one or expensive one? I could see it being both.

My lesson was covered by insurance, but the replacement wasn't cheap. And it scared the black tank filler out of me when it collapsed. Never, ever think you can just lower the arm to drain it. Water weighs 8.64 lbs. per gallon and an 18 ft. awning can hold a lot of it.


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[JohnD]

Good save!

Whenever I pull down one side of the awning a little to drain water, it runs down the awning arm and then straight down my arm.