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29/5/2006 at 7:13pm
Location: Herefordshire
Outfit: pennine pathfinder 2003
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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!
OK someone nicked our pin but here are the instructions
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15/6/2006 at 12:14am
Location: yorkshire
Outfit: Pennine Pullman F. camper
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Jan p's advice is excellent.
We have the printed instructions, complete with an illustration of the assembled frame but it was not that easy to follow.
Fortunately we found it was much better than we had expected and well worth the effort.
We also put the canvas on without the panels and then zipped them in. Having four sliders on each zip takes a bit of fiddling but patience and gentle persuasion worked well. Once the panels are in you can move the poles to get the tension right.
It is quicker if two or more are doing the job but try hard not to give each other advice. I did find the big zip linking the awning to the fc needed some creative thinking on my part to reach the toggle but once started it was easy.
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