Zip on the awning first. On mine - I have the fibre poles, there are 3 with the twist lock fittings (either end and middle) and 2 with the 'grab' type over pole fittings that support the roof canvas. Fit these to the camper frame and just let them hang down to the floor.
The 3 with the twist lock fittings go into the bridged or corner poles (twist to lock) that make up the front.
Fit the cross bars between the corner and the bridged centre pole, then the 'grab' poles onto the cross bars. Obvious when you look at the frame when its up :).
There are a further 2 that support the frame at the front.
The short stuby ones push into the front frame and support the canopy bit.
Zip on the awning first. On mine - I have the fibre poles, there are 3 with the twist lock fittings (either end and middle) and 2 with the 'grab' type over pole fittings that support the roof canvas. Fit these to the camper frame and just let them hang down to the floor.
The 3 with the twist lock fittings go into the bridged or corner poles (twist to lock) that make up the front.
Fit the cross bars between the corner and the bridged centre pole, then the 'grab' poles onto the cross bars. Obvious when you look at the frame when its up :).
There are a further 2 that support the frame at the front.
The short stuby ones push into the front frame and support the canopy bit.
You save us! Thanks. We did'nt'know we have to zip first. We started to fit all the poles and imagine after, the energy we needed to fix above the heavy material!
Thanks and sorry for my english. i am french and this kind of caravan is not common at all in France and people were very amused to wa;
Thankstched us trying to install this awning!
Quote: Originally posted by 89angela on 05/7/2011
If you have a look at the Highbridge Caravans website and search through their videos, there is a generic awning erection video on there.
These are the instructions that we use. They were posted on this forum but can't find the thread now..
Sort out the awning poles - hang the roof poles from the trailer.
Zip on the awning canvas (we found this easier to do after the poles are in place - we found the canvas gets in the way of the poles if you do it the other way), but don't be tempted to put the side and front panels in yet - makes the thing very heavy!!.
Connect the centre roof pole to the centre front leg,
Connect the end roof poles to the front corner legs, connecting in the front poles as you go.
Don't worry about the roof poles or legs that connect to the frame by clamps (you'll understand when you see the poles) yet.
Now pull the roof 'canvas' (it's actually something lighter and easier to dry than canvas!!) over the frame, and attach and extend the stubby little canopy poles at the front.
Now you can extend the connected roof poles and the front poles so that they fit the awning canvas, and extend the 3 legs to roughly the right height.
Loosely peg the corners and centre piece of canvas, and attach the side and front panels.
You should now be able to see where the poles need adjusting to make the awning 'look right', then add the remaining poles and peg it all down!!
There is a 'skirt' that fits in the awning rail along the bottom of the trailer (bet you'd never even noticed that!!) - if you have mains hook-up, feed it in as you go, as there is a little gap in the skirt for it to go through.
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Topic: how to install the awning of Patfinder
