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18/4/2007 at 12:13am
Location: West Midlands
Outfit: Karsten
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We went at Easter with friends, we have a Conway and they have a Pennine, first time for both of us putting up campers and awnings, have to say I was surprised as ours, which is the cheaper make, was all sprung loaded (awning poles) theirs which is ment to be the more expensive, was just all lose poles, but saying that it took about the same time to put them up, with lots of shouting, swearing and 2 married couples not speaking for a while, lol.
Anyway this is not much help to you! I think its just practice at the end of the day. We didn't have any instructions but if you have put tents and awnings up before, they are all pretty similar I think.
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18/4/2007 at 6:20pm
Location: North Walsham
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from Scampi's post last year as advertised by Pennine Plodder
Declan, the awning's not that bad really - the 'high bit' is made a lot easier by the fact those nice Pennine people have put a long length of string on the zip, so you can pull that - makes it easier to reach!! We've put the awning up twice (only 'instructions' we had were a diagram of the poles!!), so I'm no expert, but this is how we did it this weekend, and it was straight and tidy when we'd finished (and we didn't fall out, so it can't have been far wrong): put the trailer up, then sort out the awning poles - hang the roof poles from the trailer. Now 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, then 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. Somewhere in all the awning bits (ours was in the peg bag), you will find two press studs and screws - these are to attach the skirt around the wheel arch and need to be fitted once you are happy about where they will go. And there you have it - once beautifully erected awning, big enough to have a HUGE Pathfinder-warming party!! Seriously - take your time and it's not as bad as it looks when you get the thing out of its bag!
This I have printed out and keep in the camper.
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