We understand that there's been a renewed interest in the Coleman Classic Awning that we adapted to fit our Troll two years ago. It will also fit a Triton. We know because we've tried it on one.

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We already had one of these so cut and reduced the depth of it to 2.5 metres and purchased 4 metres of this to double stitch onto the cut end.
This reduction in depth means that two of the existing guy ropes will be removed and these should be relocated on the cut ends nearest the caravan. Please refer to the photograph and note that the piping bead is stitched between the two outer seams and not for the full length of the cut. That means there's approx 600m of fabric at each end that doesn't have the piping bead stitched to it so these ends (with the newly re-attached guy ropes) slope downwards and away from the caravan awning rail.
We have found that the addition of a telescopic pole to the centre front of the awning helps with the tension but it does work without it. The pole we use once had a pruning shears on the end of it
This easy and quick to erect shade/awning has served us well on dozens of occasions over the past two years but we needed to re-stitch it at the start of last season as the perilous Fforest Fields weather tore away some of the stitching, largely because we had added new features to the awning and had thus over designed it.
This year we have renewed it (new awning, existing design) because the original fabric was several years old, was faded and was probably suffering from a little UV degradation.
Please shout if you need some more information.
R and A
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nice any machining issues

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None at all. Just locked her in a quiet room with the sewing machine and a cup of tea while I watched the Grand Prix on the tele

R

Hi Both. Wow, we're really pleased it worked for you . As we mentioned earlier, we renewed ours earlier this year and although we didn't have the extreme weather to test it out, it was very useful for stops of only a few days. A couple of photos below.
We hope you're back on the mend and perhaps we can meet up again sometime.

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R and A
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We're really glad you're pleased with the results Kate. It's always a worry when recommending something.
We got the original idea from Scottish Eriba owners, Colou, who published a photo when they used the Coleman Classic without altering it, by throwing the tail of it over the top of their Eriba and pegging it down, as it's designed to do with pup tents. We already had one in our array of camping equipment so set about modifying it.
Earlier this year, as we were worried about what the British weather might bring to the first Eribafolk Meet, we quickly tried out an idea for increasing the amount of shelter we may need to accommodate more folk, so threw this together while in France.
It doesn't look pretty and we only left it installed for a matter of minutes but it seemed to work fine. It would work even better if an original, unmodified Coleman Classic was to be used...

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Randa

Since this thread was created, a Lady on the French Forum has made one for her Puck using the following details:-

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Randa

Hi Ralph. The thing to consider is because the material is thin ripstop nylon, too much material would be difficult to keep under tension which is necessary for the water to drain off.

On ours (Troll by the way) in really heavy rain, we would get a "water buildup bulge" which would drain every few minutes or so when the wind wobbled the arched pole.The two side wings are very good at giving a lot of side shelter however.

The only reason we've abandoned this type of shade is because the Coleman fabric wasn't very good at UVL stability so when using abroad we would have to renew the product every couple of years.

The last one bit the dust and ripped during some torrential rain and snow in Northern Germany on one of our outward journeys so we had to buy another shade in Denmark for the rest of the journey. An Isabella Shadow which is much stonger but doesn't give as much shelter because of its size.

Randa