I`m thinking of buying a new awning and i`m wondering if I should go
for the carbon or steel poles. The reason is because we go to Scotland
a lot and with the strong winds up there would a tie down kit be any
good with the carbon/fibreglass poles ie. flexing?   Pete

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:59:46 -0700 (PDT), pete
 wrote:

>I`m thinking of buying a new awning and i`m wondering if I should go
>for the carbon or steel poles. The reason is because we go to Scotland
>a lot and with the strong winds up there would a tie down kit be any
>good with the carbon/fibreglass poles ie. flexing?   Pete

Carbon poles, tie downs, gale force winds - no problems.
Steel poles, rust, heavy - put your back out lifting them.
Steel poles not as expensive as Carbon.
You pays your money and makes your choice.

>Carbon poles, tie downs, gale force winds - no problems.

Brittle so crack in winter

On 19 Jul, 17:14, D...@Nothere.com wrote:
> >Carbon poles, tie downs, gale force winds - no problems.
>
> Brittle so crack in winter

Many thanks,   Pete

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:14:03 +0100, Dave@Nothere.com wrote:

>
>>Carbon poles, tie downs, gale force winds - no problems.
>
>Brittle so crack in winter

Perhaps so in very extreme situations but personally I have never ever
heard of this happening. My awning has been up in gale force winds
with temperatures down to -5 with a couple of feet of snow on top and
I have never had a problem. The carbon poles and the fibre glass poles
are so much better than the steel and alloy poles that I would never
consider anything else. 
Bill Lord
I've taken a vow of poverty To annoy me send money

e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk 
( Get rid of the spaces  and use symbols for the hyphen at and dots )

>>
>>Brittle so crack in winter
>
>Perhaps so in very extreme situations but personally I have never ever
>heard of this happening. My awning has been up in gale force winds
>with temperatures down to -5 with a couple of feet of snow on top and
>I have never had a problem. The carbon poles and the fibre glass poles

Well I have had problems.and -5 is not cold!

As they say YMMV but I have tried all types of poles for winter caravanning in
the Cairngorms and Norway.

Steel are the only ones I go back to having had fibreglass and carbon fibre
poles collapse.  

In all events with all types of pole I double pole in winter and uses extra
roof poles as well.

"pete"  wrote in message 
news:311d6528-d0b8-4d9f-a587-ee970dacc9f6@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> I`m thinking of buying a new awning and i`m wondering if I should go
> for the carbon or steel poles. The reason is because we go to Scotland
> a lot and with the strong winds up there would a tie down kit be any
> good with the carbon/fibreglass poles ie. flexing?   Pete
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Hello Pete,

Can't help with advice on poles, but I did notice your actual email address 
is very clear when you post. You are very likely to get your addy picked up 
on and be spammed like crazy now. I suggest you change it to something like 
peter.REMOVEetherington@THISntlworldDOTCOM
I speak from bitter experience having made the mistake once and now getting 
more than 2000 emails daily advising on the size/actions of my privates!

Dribbler

"pete"  wrote in message 
news:311d6528-d0b8-4d9f-a587-ee970dacc9f6@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> I`m thinking of buying a new awning and i`m wondering if I should go
> for the carbon or steel poles. The reason is because we go to Scotland
> a lot and with the strong winds up there would a tie down kit be any
> good with the carbon/fibreglass poles ie. flexing?   PeteHi Pete

I have just had a bad experience with steel poles as in the way they were 
tightened together with a thumb screw. The clamp slipped and allowed the 
frame to collapse in high wind and damage the van as well. I didn't like the 
frame when I put it up but thought I could not afford the fibre tech poles, 
I have now got fibre tech and the damage to my van is under insurance, since 
having the fibre tech I haven't had to constantly adjust the poles every 
weekend when I get to the van either. for me the whole structure appears 
better. p.s. I haven't used them in -5 yet though :-)

Rob