Forgive the stupid question, but as a newbie could somebody explain/ show me what one is?
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Sound advice but a tensioner is something extra to the guy/tie down rope. It can mean a spring loaded pole or a tool to tighten such a pole. Google brings up several alternatives.
What I meant was like This. It's a spring loaded pole that you fit and then wind the canopy back until it's tight.H
Does the tensioner mean the metal bit in the strap that you lift up and down a few times, then sort of lock down to hold the strap thingy at its tightest? ( my technical terminology amazes me at times!)
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Thanks---with you now.What I meant was like This. It's a spring loaded pole that you fit and then wind the canopy back until it's tight.
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We bought two, both for tensioning purposes and to replace the clothes props supplied with our windblocker sides.Be careful, if the pole is central which is usual, if you tighten too much it can bend the front of your awning. Then it will not seat when wound in!
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I asked the question just because I had heard reference to them and didn't know what they are.
I have assumed that if I open the awning, I can use tent pegs to fix the awning legs to the ground - would these be suffice or do I use ropes and more tent pegs or do I use an awning tensioner..?
The spring loaded pole is an awning rafter and as Graham said, insert the pole between the van side and front rail of the awning then wind the awning in until tight.What I meant was like This. It's a spring loaded pole that you fit and then wind the canopy back until it's tight.
Tent pegs hammered into the awning leg feet will stop the awning legs being accidentally knocked off plumb but wont stop the awning blowing over the roof in a strong wind.I asked the question just because I had heard reference to them and didn't know what they are.
I have assumed that if I open the awning, I can use tent pegs to fix the awning legs to the ground - would these be suffice or do I use ropes and more tent pegs or do I use an awning tensioner..?
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This is an awning tensioner.I think its one of these Broken Link Removed, mostly used by tuggers, (thats people that tow a caravan behind them) as there awning are usually a little different to ours.
Still useful tool if you have a steel frame awning and want to get it nice and tight, nothing worse than a saggy awning.
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No Dawn, that's an awning winder..........It's someone who annoys you whilst you're trying to put the awning up
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I suggest you won't need an awning tensioner if you have one of the normal wind-out awnings commonly fitted to MHs. Tie-downs on the other hand are useful but don't expect them to allow you to keep the awning out in a storm as you might with a typical caravan awning which has rigid legs.I asked the question just because I had heard reference to them and didn't know what they are.
I have assumed that if I open the awning, I can use tent pegs to fix the awning legs to the ground - would these be suffice or do I use ropes and more tent pegs or do I use an awning tensioner..?