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28/6/2020 at 6:45pm
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I made my own version mostly out of components I already had, so absolutely minimal cost. Did think the Kampa version was a bit pricey for what it was, hence making my own.
Anyway, in answer to your question, it lets me put my Kampa Rally Air Pro 330 up on my own. A few people whinge and whine about weight of air awnings and difficulty lifting weight into channel etc., well I'm an OAP and have no difficulty with that (think that is more technique than a true weight problem!), but I can't be in two places at once, both feeding into bottom of channel AND pulling end along channel at the same time, with the pulley system I can stand at start of channel and feed awning in whilst using pulley to drag it along towards other end of van.
On my van the opening into the channel at the sloping front is quite low down towards bottom of van, so I have to feed awning in until it reaches the horizontal run at the top before the pulley becomes truly effective at dragging the awning along, but if you keep it tensioned it stops awning slipping back under it's own weight as you feed it up the slope.
Other vans have the opening into the awning channel higher up towards curved corner leading into horizontal run, so would imagine pulley would be able to be used to pull awning from close to first insertion into channel on those vans, if that makes any kind of sense to you!
I did fit the awning on my own without the pulley system when I first had it, but it was a lot of walking back and forth, feeding in a little bit, then go to end and pull a little bit, then back to feed in a little bit more, then pull a bit, seemingly ad infinitum. Pulley is a lot easier and much quicker!
In general terms, yes it works. Though, if you have two able bodied people fitting awning, one who can reach near the awning channel to pull, I doubt that it's much of an advantage.
Tip. Ensure channel is clean and preferably lubricated with suitable silicone spray, makes the whole awning fitting job so much easier.
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