Awning identification - long shot....

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Awning identification - long shot....

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Hi Guys,

I inherited an awning with my camper and as yet have not set it up. I thought I would take a quick look at it to see if I could see any identifying marks on it but with no success. Without having anywhere to set it up at the moment I took a couple of pics of it out of its bags.

Is there anyone out there that might (by pure chance) recognise this little bad boy.

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It looks like a royal traveler frame awning to me...
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I'd second that. Does weigh about 2 tonnes and look near impossible to erect?





:lol: erect :lol:

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The two poles with obtuse angled ends are front and back centre roof sections; the four poles with the rienforced angled section on the end are roof corner sections; the rest are 'suck it and see' sections and you'll have to experiment but sometimes the back of the awning is slighty lower than the front :wink:

Once you've assembled it, mark the corresponding pole ends with coloured tape for ease next time :ok

E D I T: Sorry, I wrote "acute angled" when I meant 'obtuse angled' :oops:
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Thanks guys.

It does way a ton and seems massive. I gotta try and find somewhere I can pull up and experiment with it before I use it for real. Just having a google session now to see if I can find one with red zips which looks something near the one I have got.
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Poles are the the same as mine, I think the name traveller 3 rings a bell?

Does weigh a ton, but not too tricky to put up once youve had a go at it. It's attaching it to van that's tricky, always pulls the awning out of shape when I do it?

Im sure that I have instructions for it somewhere
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I recon its a green white with red stripes ones that stays where you put it. :) tter than my fast errect awning after the gales the other day, :(
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Looks like the JK spacemaker awning too
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The poles with the screw fasteners are the legs I think, they are on mine, and allow you to adjust the height when pitching on uneven ground.
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even on a forum it takes seven of us to work out how to put it up :lol:
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Just to put everyone out of their misery, I have finally discovered it is called a Sunnflair Sunndeck. I finally found some identification on it.
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1664 wrote:even on a forum it takes seven of us to work out how to put it up :lol:

....Imagine if it was windy!!!!
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I've got one similar.
Took the wife and I a whole year of camping before we could do it without arguing. :lol:
Got a diagram of how it goes - could try and dig it out for you if you like...?
Mines got different coloured electrical tape on it to show which bit goes where - worth doing when you finally work it out.

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Not in English admittedly...but any help...?
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