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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Yeah, I am still pretty active on 'mud. Thanks for the interest in this awning project. I haven't worked on this one in a couple years mostly due to tight finances and my workload at work. However, it is funny that this thread got revived at this time. I am revisiting this and want to make...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Thinking further about this and looking at my notes... Does anyone here in Oregon have an Eezi-Awn K9 rack that I could check out? I have the brackets made up and I just need to confirm that they work with the K9 rack. I am willing to drive a few hours in any direction from Eugene to check...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Man, life got in the way of this project. I still have all the parts to do this. All the metal work has been solved and all I need to do is send the drawings to a manufacturer to get the parts made up. The fabric side is the major holdup. I haven't found a great match for the fabric that...
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    Can you clean a Specter water can of gas?

    I wouldn't personally try to re-use a water can that had gasoline in it. It's just not worth the risk of chemical contamination. Especially since Scepter water cans are available from a variety of sources (ebay, various threads on ih8mud, etc.). If anybody needs Scepter cans, I make...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    I had the brackets fabbed up for me out of aluminum. I can take a photo of one tonight and post it up for you to take a look at.
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    THREAD CLOSED _ MODS PLEASE DELETE

    Can't wait to watch this build. My dream rig!
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Here is the link to the subtank thread - Long range fuel tanks And don't worry, the awning is first.
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Not much new right now. However, one of my full time jobs is going to change to a part time job, so I am going to have more free time after the New Year. This and the 100 series subtank project are on the top of the list when that happens. Keep watching the thread as there will be some new...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    It's been on the back burner for awhile. I have just been swamped with work over the summer and have had no real free time to figure out the second type of mount. A mount similar to the Hannibal style mount has been prototyped and proven to work splendidly on the FrontRunner rack (should work...
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    Kansas - Magadan

    :clap: All I can do is stand back and applaud! To start by purchasing a Cruiser in October to going from Kansas to Prague via Russia and Mongolia less than a year later...major congrats to sticking to the vision and making it happen! Thank you for sharing all the photos...I could literally go...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    From working with the Hannibal awning I had, my guess is that a small, rear awning will weigh no more than 15 lbs. A medium sized side awning could be between 20 - 22 lbs. And a large side awning could be approaching 30 lbs. But these are just guesses right now as I haven't completed the...
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    Kansas - Magadan

    Ah, I just re-read that he is shipping from Korea to Vladivostok. Since he is just shipping it on to Russia, no need for a carnet for Korea. Also, I just checked out Horizons Unlimited and the ferry from Korsakov to Wakkanai shut down this year. Not profitable enough and the city of Wakkanai...
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    Kansas - Magadan

    Yeah, I figured he was still only on the beginning leg and had just started in Korea. Didn't know if he was doing live updates or if he was going to wait until the trip is done to share anything. Do you know if he is shipping to Vladivostok or is he going to go to Japan and travel north that...
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    Kansas - Magadan

    Any updates? I would love to hear about your experiences going East to West from South Korea. I plan on doing it in the opposite direction in a few years.
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Yeah, I am :) I think there is an opportunity there ever since Hannibal left the U.S. market. There is not really anything comparable that is easily available here in the States. Most awnings require tiedowns and vertical poles or are of the Foxwing type. I want to make an awning that is...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Hey Renago, Thanks for the input. The original Hannibal awning I bought used Sunbrella for the replacement awning material. Yeah, it is super nice stuff. I have access to both it and Recacril (European version). The only thought with the FR is that it might be nice to have in case someone...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Also got the awning swing arms fabbed up: Those are Delrin inserts that will be seated into each end of the round tube. On the fabric front, I headed up to Portland and Seattle to visit a couple of specialty outdoor fabric suppliers. Came away with various options for the fabric -...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Made some good progress on the awning over the winter. Got the metal hardware prototypes all fabbed up and am now working on the fabric side of things. Awning bracket: And here is a detail of the end of one of the fabric rollers:
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    is there any value in runing a 110v small compressor with an inverter

    I would recommend buying a 12v Puma 100% duty compressor for a couple hundred dollars off ebay. I love mine. If you go the inverter route, I concur with Dimples...get the pure sine wave inverter. And put a switch in front of it so you can completely shut off the power to the inverter when not...
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    Building a Better and Tougher Awning

    Output Shaft, thanks for the great ideas and passing on of the lessons learned down in Baja. That is literally one of the first places I want to go when I do some extensive traveling in the future. I like your ideas and can see how that would work perfectly. I'll consider your suggestions...
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