hpage3
Seabrook,New Hampshire USA
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I feel your pain. The same happened to me a few campers back when I had a new 03 Rockwood pop-up. To replace a roof cost $3,000.00 and took for ever to receive from the manufacturer. Mine lifted up and pierced the roof.
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OzarkPreacher
S.W.Mo. God's Country
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SSport wrote:I just lost my awning on Sunday night. Thing that sucks is that my trailer is on a seasonal site 75 miles away so I got the call while I was at work and had to leave to go cut the awniing off the trailer.
First thing I did was call the insurance company. Trailer is only 3 months old...... 
SSport, no disprespect, but do I understand that you were 75 miles away and your awning was out?
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pete42
Jamestown, Ohio
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Sasquatch Playing with you ? 
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DancesWithClouds
Alabama
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I wish mine would get swept away cleanly like that. I really want one of those electric awnings with a wind sensor.
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RVman3252
Ohio, USA
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Wow there must be a bunch of those “microburst” happening now days. On June 22nd, we were in a park in northern Indiana. Our friends who were camping about 5 sites down from us invited us over for brunch. We were only gone maybe 60 minutes on a beautiful sunny & humid late morning when one hit our awning. I was lucky it just ripped the fabric off the tube, even though we had 2 (each side) De-Flappers on it. I turned it into the insurance, and my dealer is replacing it. I never let the awning out if we are not there, but I just didn’t even think to put it away…
RVman / John
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beemerphile1
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OzarkPreacher wrote:SSport wrote:I just lost my awning on Sunday night. Thing that sucks is that my trailer is on a seasonal site 75 miles away so I got the call while I was at work and had to leave to go cut the awning off the trailer.
First thing I did was call the insurance company. Trailer is only 3 months old......
SSport, no disrespect, but do I understand that you were 75 miles away and your awning was out?
I guess SSport learned an expensive lesson. I see it often in parks where seasonal campers leave their awnings out. Of course sometimes I see them on top of the trailer or on the ground (and the owner is 75 miles away). Sorry for your mishap.
Tim
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garyhaupt
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Glen...yep, that Greenland is the cats meow..or whiskers...whatever! I carry it up forward in my 'C' and I have had so much use out of it, hard to believe. Of course, I wasn't really suggesting your awning didn't matter...but.well, you got my drift anyway!
Gary Haupt
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Southwind85
Where I Park
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Are you certain it was was an actual microburst? The same thing happened here on the Front Range around midnight. Absolute calm followed by a few blasts of wind in the rip awnings off velocity range.
Lesson of the day for anyone visiting Colorado that's use to leaving them deployed at night: When not in actual use, roll'em or lose'em.
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Old Snipe
Northern VA, due west of crazy DC
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Best advice I got about awnings was from the gentleman who walked me through my PDI when I bought my first new motorhome: "If you're not under your awning, roll it up".
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coptalker
Western Colorado
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Checked with the insurance agent today...should be covered, but for the deductible. Now I just need to get an estimate done and I'll have a check!
Microburst or not, it sure was weird. And served as a very effective awning removal tool. Though not exactly where or when I wanted it to happen!
Glen
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