Awning replacement advice

[bbwolf]

Hoping to learn from others about a replacement Awning for the rainy Pacific Northwest.

Our Dometic Cassette Awning does not work in the rainy Pacific Northwest very well. The manual as well as Dometic Awning Technical support state that these Awnings are actually designed for SunShade and not heavy rain. Experience shows this to be true.

They recommend a manual Awning with "Rainshed" design, so we can manually slope the Awning as needed.

The problem we are running into is that it would take a very large shim to get a Manual awning (with straight legs) to work on our 23ft 2014 Freedom RSK. (picture attached). I took it to an RV shop and we went through multiple sceneries, all requiring a lot of custom shims and potential engineering feats to get the Awning mounted "out" far enough to make it vertically straight enough to install with legs.

Has anyone found an Awning with possible bent legs that could conform to the side of the Born Free? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

[Travelin Two]

Alan, sorry this is so late but I just now saw your message. We have a 24RB that has the same wall configuration that you have. You just may need a different length than we have. Our awning was installed by the dealer before we bought it. It goes from the awning rail on top, down to the angle change on the wall. On our rig it worked out just right to put the switch inside the outside refrigerator door. This is a fairly new model by Carefree from what I understand. It has the feature that lowers the corner of your choice to let water run off or to block sun better from a specific direction. The only thing that is different for our Born Free rigs is the awning is not straight up or plumb but actually leans back a few degrees. To get the awning to unfurl you push the button for just a second to unroll 6 inches or so of fabric and the awning just sits there because of the slope of the wall. Then you just have to grab one of the awning arms and pull it out a bit, till gravity starts helping and then it rolls out nicely. For us, with our switch right about the middle of the awning, I just have to take about 3 steps to reach it. If my wife is outside she usually gives it a tug. It's really a good setup.

[bbwolf]

Thank you! I am sure that is what we need! I will give them a call on Monday.
https://carefreeofcolorado.com/products/altitude/