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We aquired a Raclet Herald last year, and a kindy soul on here sent me a generic Raclet instruction manual, which was a godsend.

Here's alink to my public dropbox where you can download a copy for yourself:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20191088/raclet%20instructions%5B1%5D.pdf

The manual tells you to do as Stuart33 suggests, zip it on and throw it over the TT, and that's definitely much easier than trying to pull the canvas up&over and zip it on while the poles are in place, as we did on our first outing without the benefit of a manual.

Put the awning frame up with the legs down, then just slide the canvas back across the TT, pull it down over the frame, then lift and adjust, ensuring the poles line up witrh the reinforced sections of canvas.

Sounds easy doesn't it? It probably is if most of the springs aren't broken or stretched like ours are....

Anyway, I will offer one word of warning. I assume yours has steel poles with adjustable aluminium slides? When taking the tent down, be very careful. The simple thing to do is just slacken the legs off and let the awning go down under it's own weight. But the legs are aplayed out, so it doesn't go far before stopping as the canvas goes tight around the poles. The temptation is to go "oh, of course the legs want to come in", and grab the bit nearest the ground to pull it in.

DONT.

Grab the bit above the slider otherwise the steel pole will drop like a stone with and grab that delicate piece of skin twixt thumb and index finger. It hurts. I've managed to do this on both occasions we've had ours out this year, I'll learn someday...

Hope this is of some help,

Simon

the short poles are to connect the outer part of the kitchen to the main part the elbow pole is for the hanging rail is clips in the same place as the short poles.and do the longer ones have a c hook on one end?if so they are legs.

Below is a pole diagram which came with our second hand Raclet Iris.

Click here to see a bigger version.

This particular diagram is not relevant to our particular tent because our's doesn't have the protruding kitchen section but we used to have a Sprinter and this is the way I remember it fitting together so I think it might be what you need. Sorry the labels are all in French.

From the diagram, I'm pretty sure that the short poles with clips on each end support the roof of the kitchen section and attach between it and the main awning frame poles.

I think the elbow pole is an optional thing you can use if you decide to use the wardrobe section (if you have one) to hang clothes from instead of using it to place a chemical toilet in.

Hope this helps.

Added later... I see someone else beat me to it with a much more concise reply lol!