Teardrop Hack #2: Fabricated Awning Brackets
Side awnings are a must for us, since we live in the Pacific Northwest. We needed more than simply side-mounted awnings, though, as we pictured rain pouring in through the lack of overlap between the awning and the edge of the trailer roof.
Our teardrop came with 1.25" X 1.25" roof racks, but our Rhino Rack Sunseeker mounting brackets didn't attach to it without modification. To compensate for that--and to create a way of sliding the bracket toward the middle of the roof, thuse creating a good six inches of overlap--I fabricated some brackets out of 1.25" squared steel tubing, and aluminum on top and bottom (you can see it in the pics).
It works perfectly, and is totally solid. Our weather this summer has been the hottest and driest on record, so I'm going to have to trust that when the rains hit--and they will hit--it'll do the job.
Our teardrop came with 1.25" X 1.25" roof racks, but our Rhino Rack Sunseeker mounting brackets didn't attach to it without modification. To compensate for that--and to create a way of sliding the bracket toward the middle of the roof, thuse creating a good six inches of overlap--I fabricated some brackets out of 1.25" squared steel tubing, and aluminum on top and bottom (you can see it in the pics).
It works perfectly, and is totally solid. Our weather this summer has been the hottest and driest on record, so I'm going to have to trust that when the rains hit--and they will hit--it'll do the job.
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