bigpuma
4th June 2022, 04:25 AM
Cheers from the other side of the globe- ive come to the source of the originators of four wheel drive for some guidance as i am a bit frustrated. Months of awaiting for my Alu Cab 270 awning delivery due to supply issues, i need some help with mounting.
My 2014 puma is set up with a full length safety devices roof rack (see pictures). It has plenty of mounting points on the sides of the rack to attach the awning to, though it appears the main mounting point for the 270 awning (and other 270's) is the rear hinge point, where all the support rails place the weight.this makes sense to me, but I am curious if there is any other way to mount the awning. My issues arise when I put the awning up against the rack for test fitting. The rack has curved corners and due to this, I cant seem to figure out how to attach that massive hinge point to the rack far enough back so that it will fully open. due the radius of the corners, I can get one set of mounting holes to line up as far back as the awning will go, but that leaves the rest of the mounting holes in that hinge not used. The rest of the awning is easily supported down the length of the rack with mounting points that exist on the rack, and that is not much weight compared to the weight and load on that hinge at the rear requiring the 6 bolts (id be happy with just 4).
pics of the rack below, and apologies for the long explaining, i hope it makes sense to you mates. As these awnings are not common here I thought i would start here.
Thank you
179073
179072
My 2014 puma is set up with a full length safety devices roof rack (see pictures). It has plenty of mounting points on the sides of the rack to attach the awning to, though it appears the main mounting point for the 270 awning (and other 270's) is the rear hinge point, where all the support rails place the weight.this makes sense to me, but I am curious if there is any other way to mount the awning. My issues arise when I put the awning up against the rack for test fitting. The rack has curved corners and due to this, I cant seem to figure out how to attach that massive hinge point to the rack far enough back so that it will fully open. due the radius of the corners, I can get one set of mounting holes to line up as far back as the awning will go, but that leaves the rest of the mounting holes in that hinge not used. The rest of the awning is easily supported down the length of the rack with mounting points that exist on the rack, and that is not much weight compared to the weight and load on that hinge at the rear requiring the 6 bolts (id be happy with just 4).
pics of the rack below, and apologies for the long explaining, i hope it makes sense to you mates. As these awnings are not common here I thought i would start here.
Thank you
179073
179072