Tips for attaching an awning with gull wing aluminium canopy

Hi Keith,
Can you put roof racks on the canopy and attach the awning to those?
William

Hi Keith
I moved my gas struts on mine to lower the gull wing door from opening so high.

Matt

Keith : A picture of your setup would be helpful to get an idea of what we're looking at

You could have a look on YouTube for ideas
I.e awnings with Gull wing
Have a look at tough touring , he dose a lot of that stuff.

Tough touring

Mine (Darche 180) is simply bolted to the roof (the standard Darche brackets are fairly heavy duty) high enough to clear the door and high enough to live under. Mind you, now that I have remove the RTT it looks a little naff...

Cheers,
Mark

I’ve got an awning on each side, Keith, and mounted the brackets to the roof. Need some good sealant when mounting the brackets.

IF I remember tomorrow, I’ll take a couple of photos so you can see if it will suit your canopy.



Only one bolt needed through the roof, as outer bolt mounts into a keyway in the outer extrusion.

Bob.

Should be able to buy brackets to suit which means drilling into the canopy roof and making the holes waterproof.
My canopy has the aluminium ladder racks welded to the roof which was an option when I bought it 10yrs ago and are very handy. I attached the awning to that, it's handy for carrying timber etc from the hardware store for example and they sit higher than my fixed solar panels so keeps any loads off them. If I didn't have the ladder racks I would have to muck around using the box trailer more. Plus if you want another awning on the other side it's an easy fit or tie on a rope for a clothes line to a tree they are solid and have many uses.

Most gull wing doors open 300mm to 400mm higher than the canopy roof so this is Keith's issue I believe.

Pic for example

gull doors when open push the awning up, Should I just abandon the side poles?

Thanks to all that have contributed.

On our canopy (Ex Telstra) I glued a length of aluminium angle along the roof & attached sailtrack to it. The awning which fitted into the sail track was tensioned very nicely by the open canopy door.

My 270 mounts on raxbrax which are bolted to the ends of the ladder racks on mine. It all need to be quite high to clear the canopy doors.