Just come back from my first holiday in a TT and for most parts it was great. However after 2 nights of heavy rain and high winds I've discovered some issues.
The tent didn't leak at all during the first night of heavy rain, but it didn't feel to stable in the winds, so I bought an awning storm strap, but this caused it to leak across where the strap was, any idea why? Did I not place the strap correctly?
The cover across the awning zip also kept folding over due to the wind direction and nothing I tried would stop it doing so. Any tips?
One of the ties that holds the canvas to the poles snapped off (roof section) how can I get this stitched back on?
And finally, the worst problem I think, on the rear pole hinge of the cabin, what I can only describe as a stopper has broken off, I have the part that's broken off but I've no idea how to get it put back on, looks like a welding job, any ideas on that one?
can ony help with storm strap they will cause a leak because canvas does not like to be touched.two ways around it put strap right at front on the little over hang so the leaking won't enter tent.or put strap over frame then canvas over the top.
the flap over the zip should have an elastic in it you can pull tighter well does in ours.
We have a sunncamp and bought it when it was 12 months old and the first thing i noticed when i opened it up was the shortage of guylines on the awning and the cabin.........Suffice to say i just added some more.
I am not trying to insult your intelligence by also pointing out that if it gets very windy then tent pegs can get pulled so perhaps investing in some delta pegs is the answer?
Regards
Tony
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I've just ordered some Delta Pegs so hopefully this will help in the future.
I don't recall seeing anything that would allow the zip flap to be tightened, perhaps it is just making sure the tent and guylines are suitably pegged, as in my the case tent kept lifting which obviously caused the pegs to pull out.
I was warned the site I was at got windy, but I didn't expect it to be as bad as it was.
I put my storm strap over the three stub canopy poles but under the canvas iyswim? Easy to thread and keeps the front nailed down.
Yes, the flap over the zip sould have a length of shock cord running through it and be fixed at each end by a loop, plus there will be a pegging loop on the flap that should be pegged down in such a way that the flap is pulled flat against the awning canvas.
You can stitch the tie on yourself...use a strong thread, a long wedge pointed needle and two people, one inside, one outside, to push the needle to and fro. Two thimbles might be handy here too.
There is a name for that bit at the back...darned if i can remember it but there was a post about the same thing a few weeks ago in this bit of the forums. Might be worth searching back for it?
Final thought...I've got a 21 year old Conway (same sort of design as the SunnCamp) and it's stood up to some of the worst storms out there. I don't mean to be critical but if your sunncamp is feeling unstable in strong wind, there is possibly something not quite right about your pitching. Was the cabin rock steady before you started to put up the awning, with steadies properly down, jocky wheel level, brakes (if you have them) full on, wheels chocked in both directions, legs and steadies on pads to stop them sinking? Was the cabin canvas really well pegged out at the corners and the cabin tensioned up fully? Was the awning tensioned out using both the roof poles and leg extenders? All guylines and pegging points round the mudskirts pegged out? The canvas tied onto the frame?
Apart from that, any photos? We might be able to see if there's something not quite right.
On the last question i think you wlii find that the stopper you refer to is actually a star washer with a chrome domed cover i found that given a gentle tap with asmall hammer and Robert is your fathers brother
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The cabin was rock solid, I used the wooden blocks under the legs, and the bed legs and bought extra chocks for the wheels as I only had one.
It was the awning that felt unstable, thinking about it, and bearing in mind this was the first time I had put it up properly (or not in my case) I didn't think to adjust the outside poles of the awning only the middle two.
It was all pegged and guyed but I had to keep redoing these as they lifted out (not all of them) ,mainly at the back and front of the awning. Hopefully the delta pegs will sort that out.
I've since found the bungee cord that runs in the zip flap it was pulled into the channel, I've pulled these out both sides and tied them to the mudwall tie with a shoelace so I'll now where to find them next time.
The bumpstop isn't a starlock washer, I know about these as I've replaced a couple already, this looks like the kind of thing you find on your kitchen doors to stop them banging, only this one is made of metal and looks like it was welded to the pole support hinge assembly. I can post a picture of the part that's broken off, but I haven't a picture of where it's come from.
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Topic: Sunncamp 350se woes
