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Topic: broken poles

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ben10

17/8/2008 at 12:25am
Location: manchester
Outfit: outwell monty 6 swift challenger 530

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heared about montana 6 poles snapping is this common .or just bad luck "PITCHING"

laws69

17/8/2008 at 9:25am
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Montana poles are made of steel so I would imagine it would take something drastic to snap one, even in strong winds I would imagine they would bend first.

There have been a few threads on here regarding poles sticking when trying to pull them apart.

Have you had a problem with yours ?

hollyberry

17/8/2008 at 1:55pm
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A friend of mine has just bought a montana, I would be intersed in any info on the pole situation so i can pass it on to him

thanks holly

ben10

17/8/2008 at 4:15pm
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rust formed on the inside of the joints making them very thight ..would imagine a spray with WD40 will solve the problem...will let you know

foggers

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When the Montana first came out (2005? 2006?) there were some quality problems with poles, but that was addressed by makers/retailers providing sets of replacement poles, so I don't think there is a similar widespread problem now.

sleepyol

17/8/2008 at 6:59pm
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We've just come back from a very wet'n'windy week in Devon. Our friends were using a Montana 6 which they found leaked like a sieve and then one of the poles snapped in the wind. Fortunately they managed to lash canopy poles either side of it and fit a load of additional guy lines to the area in question to prevent any collapse !

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