How hard are these to open and set up. The one on our 88 is encased in an alluminum like box.
Thanks,
Becky

Becky,

Horizon case awnings are made by Dometic. You didn't mention what model number you have, but here is the Owners Manual for the current model Horizon: http://www.dometic.com/82726338-24b1...f5742584.fodoc Its a large document, so be patient while it loads.

If your Horizon model is like ours, you have a metal eye fixture on one end of the awning that screws counter-clockwise to open the awning and clockwise to close. Your trailer should have come with what looks like a kind of long speed wrench with a hook on the end. That hook is inserted into the awning "eye" fixture and is used to screw it right of left as described above.

For future reference, most of the appliance and accessory operators manuals are available online (at no cost) from the original equipment manufacturers (OEM).

Jim

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Thanks Jim!
The file contained lots of info. From looking at it, I don't think it is gonna be as hard to use as I had thought. Thanks again for the info. I am sure glad I found this site after we purchased our 88. I am sure as time goes I'll have lots of questions for you all.
Thanks again,
Becky

My fifth has the one in the manual, or predicessor (95 model camper).

There are 2 freaking serious weekspots on these, worse if they didnt carefully mount it (mine seems as if it was added after it left the factory?) You need to air these out once in a while, as they are far from being waterproof, so I try to air them out often, like you did your old tent trailers, e

Anyway,
It is a self extending type of awning (via crank vs pulling on cord and stuff like others have. once it is folded out, It has 2 helper rods you connect to the camper or can stake into the ground at each end. Mine has all plastic joints on these "stabilizer" or helper rods, and of course in the process of figuring out how to 1st unfold these legs, and how to then fold them back into storage position, so I could then crank the top back up (of course as we were headed to the camping) my wife grabbed the other one and with hardly any effort, went the wrong direction/folding combination and busted it right off...

Horizon is worthless for parts, but I found out that most likely Fiamma was the people who actually build these awnings, on an absolute lucky web hunt, of these "cartridge" type awnings.
Fiamma Inc. - Home

Now the parts they sent were metal, and didn't fit perfectly, but I was able to just drill 2 holes and pop rivit into the same location without any hassle.

that site isn't the easiest to navigate, but I found the parts & Numbers to what looked like my parts, then called. That person who took the order was very cool, and seemed to know what was what, except I dont think he and I ever mentioned that the part was different now (metal) and there must be a lot more metal parts involved, because now the weak part will be the plastic part that the support leg on mine hooks too, where as newer ones probably are all metal now.

when up and extended and all, mine still managed to flip up over the RV one after noon during a "Frontal Boundry" weather change while I was in the boat, that I had no idea was headed our way (couple wind gusts then diretion change and then bigger gusts...

But it all still seems to operate mostly OK.

Just FYI, My dad's Sahara pusher has one of those electric versions (no side legs at all, with remote and wind monitor (self retracting). Works great and must be 18ft long, lol. but it is windy all the time in KS, we're building a couple legs this srping, so we can hold it better in windy conditions, since we did figure out how disable the auto rollup of course.

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