Looking for a cheap retractable awning (<100). Doesnt have to be new but needs to work well. Ideally around south west brisbane
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Looking for a cheap retractable awning (<100). Doesnt have to be new but needs to work well. Ideally around south west brisbane
Been thinking of doing this myself is grab a piece of 25x25x2 RHS and pop rivet 2.5mtrs of sail track to it.
You'll need 3 Rhino racks or similar, get someone to sew a bit of 6mm rope into one side of a tarp.
There's your tarp two corner poles and some pegs and rope its done, bonus is it folds down to nothing
yep its not retractable but i got an awning for my trailer from aldi. slides into sail track and only takes 5 mins to setup:
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If you dare to live on the dangerous side the 4dw supercenter have em for $200 I think. Not sure about postage
They actually had today 4wd action special. 10 mags, tigerz11 2.5x2m awning and sleepingbag for 149
Did you get it ?
Edit.. And I'm still trying to work out a time to give you a hand mate! It's just the lead up to Xmas is a real sh!t time for me lol I'll again ask the missus if I have any weekend days free if not we might just have to do it couple hrs over a few nights
Yeah I did. I know the bad stories about tigerz and like the idea of sail rails but poles+tarp and getting it all up to standard makes it a bit of work and money as well. And in the end i dont think it will pack as nicely as an awning. Time will tell if it was the right decisionQuote:
Originally Posted by megatexture
Haha yeah dec is crazy. No rush though, if it doesnt work in dec we will just do the electrical work it in jan :-)
I've got a tigers awning and it's been used many times in the last 2 years and held up fine
I'll see what I can work out I'd rather do it during the day that's for sure, not an issue in jan though