Wind out canopy tie down kit

mickysf replied on 19/10/2019 19:09

Posted on 19/10/2019 19:09

So where should I place my sun canopy tie down strap? over the top and 'canvas' or under neath this but over the windout arms and the supporting legs? I've tried both ways and the latter seems to me better but is it? Any thoughts?

DSB replied on 19/10/2019 21:31

Posted on 19/10/2019 20:34 by JVB66

Our Thule the tiedowns fit into the top of the legs ,leaves the channel clear for Sun blocker to slide into

Posted on 19/10/2019 21:31

.....as a caravanner with a Thule windout, ours is the same on the 6200.  We only ever use our canopy with the tie down kit.  We've never had a problem - it's been brilliant.

David

SteveL replied on 19/10/2019 22:56

Posted on 19/10/2019 19:37 by huskydog

Mine clip into the front rail at each end 

Posted on 19/10/2019 22:56

Ours are the same as huskys. We actually bought the kit at the NEC show when we had a caravan, thinking it was for  our fiamma roll out.☚ī¸ Although it did sort of work with that, it was just the thing when we switched to a MH with a wind out.😀

Tammygirl replied on 19/10/2019 23:00

Posted on 19/10/2019 23:00

We had 2 x triangles of material that slid into the Fiamma front rail.

We bought them from Lilypad Wind Blockers, at the same time as the screens.

The Fiamma we had, there was 2 gutter rails so you could use the screen in the lower one and the tie downs in the upper one.

We have seen a broken 'knuckle' when someone used a tie down in the 'wrong' way

rayjsj replied on 20/10/2019 01:11

Posted on 19/10/2019 19:14 by ABM

Mine always go round the 'arms' right by the front rail, Mickysf.. I'd never put such strong straps across the canopy itself for fear of them doing damage in such windy conditions.

Posted on 20/10/2019 01:11

Me too, hooks around the arms, pegs to hold the feet down, support bar to stop the arms folding, and Really big steel pegs to tether the straps to the ground.

In reality the noise gets too much to sleep before the canopy would fail.

So it gets wound in. (A couple of times in my pj's !).

JVB66 replied on 20/10/2019 08:54

Posted on 19/10/2019 21:31 by DSB

.....as a caravanner with a Thule windout, ours is the same on the 6200.  We only ever use our canopy with the tie down kit.  We've never had a problem - it's been brilliant.

David

Posted on 20/10/2019 08:54

+1cool 

One thing we do to keep the excess strap tidy is use big Klip _Its , 

hitchglitch replied on 22/10/2019 19:02

Posted on 20/10/2019 12:20 by Heethers

My Thule clip to the down leg theirs a slot for them

Posted on 22/10/2019 19:02

Yes. It works fine. Wouldn’t venture away from the motorhome on the continent without tie-downs in place. I have seen what can happen!

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