Bush Company Awning

[alia176]

I need to sort out the hatch rubbing on the rear awning support...don't really want to move the awning up on the mounts any more, so that one may get a piece of pipe insulation. I dig the pool noodles for rain support Might have to employ that, and then I could add some LED strip lights to the tops of the arms for a nice soft light effect too....

mine rubs lightly so I must've mounted mine as high as possible. I need to be more cognizant of when I open/close the hatch to minimize this rubbing.

friend of mine took these night time shots with his Galaxy phone four years ago. I hang simple led lanterns that project warm glow light using rechargeable batts if I want ambiance light. His camera really brightened up the tailgate area but in reality the two lights on the upper tailgate projecting onto the lower tailgate are these dinky puddle lamps out of an old Taurus. side view mirrors. They're probably like 10 watts incandescent lights

 

[peesalot]

For those with smaller rigs, 40's, 70 series I did research to see which 270's were the lightest & shortest.
For weight & size I found that Ironman's XTR71 & the 23Zero offerings were the lightest & shortest out there.
I went with the Ironman as it was only 78" and on black friday the cost was SWEET. Very happy with the product.

 

[concretejungle]

I posted this in another forum but it belongs here as well:

copy/paste

Last weekend was the first test of rain water not pooling with the noodles. It rained all night off and on, even hailed at one point. In the middle of the night I was able to open one of the doors of the RTT, and looked on top of the awning with phone light to confirm water not pooling. Looks like about six inch long noodles act as a decent wedge to stop the flapping and rain water repellent. If it's too windy, the noodles just fall off so that's the next mod I need to deal with .

first pic is before the rain, second pic is the following morning after it rained on/off all night.

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ahhh ok I see what you did there! I was picturing these long noodles packed up in the back of your truck thinking to myself WTF....

 

[alia176]

ahhh ok I see what you did there! I was picturing these long noodles packed up in the back of your truck thinking to myself WTF....

Lol, yeah I bet you were going WTF!!!

 

[Land Shark]

mine rubs lightly so I must've mounted mine as high as possible. I need to be more cognizant of when I open/close the hatch to minimize this rubbing.

friend of mine took these night time shots with his Galaxy phone four years ago. I hang simple led lanterns that project warm glow light using rechargeable batts if I want ambiance light. His camera really brightened up the tailgate area but in reality the two lights on the upper tailgate projecting onto the lower tailgate are these dinky puddle lamps out of an old Taurus. side view mirrors. They're probably like 10 watts incandescent lights

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can you get me a better pic of that water set up?

 

[alia176]

can you get me a better pic of that water set up?

are you talking about the water can on the right side of the cargo area? I can take a better pic for you, but it's a simple Scepter can with a coffee dispenser spigot and a clear tube for reading the level.

 

[Land Shark]

are you talking about the water can on the right side of the cargo area? I can take a better pic for you, but it's a simple Scepter can with a coffee dispenser spigot and a clear tube for reading the level.

yes that one. thanks

 

[alia176]

i updated my post up above.