G'day ?? mixed opinions

Thanks Macca

That's not good at all. No way really to attach it either to the front or back, inclusive of each other. Cause if you bring it forward, to balance it, you wouldn't be able to open it out the back properly, and if you move it back, their would be quite a gap, from the rear of the awning to the back of the canopy. I will have to think about the same, in relation to my set up with a Rhino 270 awning on my smaller vehicle. Maybe in your case flexible brackets of some sort, on the rear of the awning, or on the front, although I don't know how you would do it. Would need help, from installers of these awnings on these utes maybe

Hi Chris,

Your second photo is probably the best one that shows what you are talking about. As your awning is a “270”, I assume it opens up 270 degrees. That would certainly put it directly above the rear upper tailgate of the canopy in its current position. Therefore, you must have some way of “holding” the canopy tailgate from lifting the awning up, or do you just let it rest on the awning when it is open?

Moving the awning backwards by 300 or 400 mm and removing the bracket from the ute roof rack whilst would create a gap between to end of the canopy roof and the edge of the awning, when the canopy tailgate was open, the tailgate would “close” this gap. It may not prevent all the rainwater if open when raining from getting under the awning, but it would certainly be better than no awning.

Macca.

Those bobbin type A mounts would not have anywhere near sufficient flex to cater for the flex in a twin cab chassis.

Maybe not, at least they would offer far more flex than what is in his current set up!

If more flex is required then perhaps annular mounts would be a better choice.

If there’s more movement between the cab & the canopy than what they can handle then I’d be concerned about the canopy hitting the cab.