Wind out canopy tie down kit

mickysf
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edited October 2019 in Motorhomes #1

So where should I place my sun canopy tie down strap? over the top and 'canvas' or under neath this but over the windout arms and the supporting legs? I've tried both ways and the latter seems to me better but is it? Any thoughts?

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  • ABM
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    edited October 2019 #2

    Mine always go round the 'arms' right by the front rail, Mickysf.. I'd never put such strong straps across the canopy itself for fear of them doing damage in such windy conditions.

  • mickysf
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    edited October 2019 #3

    So that's under?

  • huskydog
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    edited October 2019 #4

    Mine clip into the front rail at each end 

  • mickysf
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    edited October 2019 #5

    Now that's the way but my tie down kit doesn't have those clips! 

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  • mickysf
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    edited October 2019 #7

    Thanks all, I just wish I'd had this info. when I bought my rather cheap kit. I like the one illustrated by HD but may be the Fiamma one is engineered better. are they that more expensive?

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  • huskydog
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    edited October 2019 #9

    Fiamma tie down kit from Towsure part no FM62 £23.94 

  • brue
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    edited October 2019 #10

    Same system on our Thule wind out awning. (Or is it having now seen DDs post, I thought ours slid into the front rail, my memory perhaps? wink)

  • JVB66
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    edited October 2019 #11

    Our Thule the tiedowns fit into the top of the legs ,leaves the channel clear for Sun blocker to slide into

  • brue
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    edited October 2019 #12

    Well that saves me going out into the dark to check.... laughing

  • DSB
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    edited October 2019 #13

    .....as a caravanner with a Thule windout, ours is the same on the 6200.  We only ever use our canopy with the tie down kit.  We've never had a problem - it's been brilliant.

    David

  • SteveL
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    edited October 2019 #14

    Ours are the same as huskys. We actually bought the kit at the NEC show when we had a caravan, thinking it was for  our fiamma roll out.☹️ Although it did sort of work with that, it was just the thing when we switched to a MH with a wind out.😀

  • Tammygirl
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    edited October 2019 #15

    We had 2 x triangles of material that slid into the Fiamma front rail.

    We bought them from Lilypad Wind Blockers, at the same time as the screens.

    The Fiamma we had, there was 2 gutter rails so you could use the screen in the lower one and the tie downs in the upper one.

    We have seen a broken 'knuckle' when someone used a tie down in the 'wrong' way

  • rayjsj
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    edited October 2019 #16

    Me too, hooks around the arms, pegs to hold the feet down, support bar to stop the arms folding, and Really big steel pegs to tether the straps to the ground.

    In reality the noise gets too much to sleep before the canopy would fail.

    So it gets wound in. (A couple of times in my pj's !).

  • JVB66
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    edited October 2019 #17

    +1cool 

    One thing we do to keep the excess strap tidy is use big Klip _Its , 

  • Heethers
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    edited October 2019 #18

    My Thule clip to the down leg theirs a slot for them

  • hitchglitch
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    edited October 2019 #19

    Yes. It works fine. Wouldn’t venture away from the motorhome on the continent without tie-downs in place. I have seen what can happen!

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