I posted this over on Expo portal but thought I would add it here as well.
After at least a year of trying to decide on replacing my trusty ARB 2500 awning (it just works really well, add the screen room and it's hard to beat) or trying something new. After my last camping trip where it rained the entire weekend and I was cooking off my tailgate exposed to the rain, I decided to try one of the wrap around awnings.
After a lot of reading and research I felt like the bush company 270 was the easiest to set up, easiest to take down, provides excellent cover and doesn't need legs. So with that decision made, one showed up at the house.
I'm running three rino rack HD load bars. This was fine for the ARB but the Bush Company awning places an amazing amount of stress on those bars. All the weight of the awning is pressing on the bars. So I had to fabricate some serious mounting brackets that could handle the stresses. I even added some boxed strength on the sides of the brackets and added one additional bolt further in. I think this will work as it's pretty stout but time will tell if I need another load bar or not. If you have a full rack then I think you will have no issues at all.
Here are a few pics of the awning installed and the mounting brackets.
After at least a year of trying to decide on replacing my trusty ARB 2500 awning (it just works really well, add the screen room and it's hard to beat) or trying something new. After my last camping trip where it rained the entire weekend and I was cooking off my tailgate exposed to the rain, I decided to try one of the wrap around awnings.
After a lot of reading and research I felt like the bush company 270 was the easiest to set up, easiest to take down, provides excellent cover and doesn't need legs. So with that decision made, one showed up at the house.
I'm running three rino rack HD load bars. This was fine for the ARB but the Bush Company awning places an amazing amount of stress on those bars. All the weight of the awning is pressing on the bars. So I had to fabricate some serious mounting brackets that could handle the stresses. I even added some boxed strength on the sides of the brackets and added one additional bolt further in. I think this will work as it's pretty stout but time will tell if I need another load bar or not. If you have a full rack then I think you will have no issues at all.
Here are a few pics of the awning installed and the mounting brackets.