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05-20-2019, 06:08 PM #21
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What brand awning is it?
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06-12-2020, 02:20 AM #22
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It’s 4:12 AM here in Savannah and my husband just finished removing our complete awning assembly on our GD ST 344GK 2019 Solitude after rain collapsed the entire rear bracket arms, torquing everything. I wished we had read these posts before we had to figure out where the closest dump site is. Argggg.
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06-12-2020, 07:12 AM #23
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07-11-2020, 07:12 PM #24
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This just happened to me. Awning was out and we had a freak storm, within a minute the awning was sagging with the water load. I use a broom to attempt to push the center of the awning up and drain the water. Suddenly the front of the awning started dumping water and then the arms bent and it collapsed. All of this happened within 90 seconds of the onset of rain.
So, amidst the downpour and crazy summer storm, I was able to complete remove the entire awning mechanism. Now to try to find the parts to fix it....Lyndon
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07-12-2021, 09:54 AM #25
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The parts to fix it are a Dometic 9000 series awning... Worth every penny to switch over and not have to worry about it again.
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07-23-2021, 06:51 PM #26
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Terrible Awning. Way to cheap.
Same thing just happened to ours. Except zero rain and we rarely use the awning. Here in Santa Clarita, California where the winds are maybe 6-10 mph end of July in a drought so definitely no rain. These are disgraceful awnings. I’ll be calling both Grand Design and Carefree first thing Monday morning. If nobody will honor the repair. You can bet money that I’ll be doing me research on who made the tarp on our 2019 Sanibel that we sold. While we love our 2021 Solitude….. A functional tarp is a must for an RV.
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07-23-2021, 07:00 PM #27
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If you happen to come through Wyoming and even Montana - we only put awnings out when we can physically watch them. Wyoming winds will come from nothing to 60 in a flash and sometimes only last for 15-20 mins but they will shred awnings. We never put ours out unless we physically watch them and even then we were nearly not fast enough. Agree with prior posts on strength, older 5ers than ours seem to hold up more strongly...our 2019 Solitude would have been shredded without a watchful eye.
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