The AluCab awning is awesome! Mounting it to GFC needs a lot of TLC…
The AluCab awning wants to overhang ever so slightly past the corner of the tent/camper, and the mounting extrusion track stops short of that corner. And as correctly pointed out above - securing that corner is pretty critical.
I was pretty tempted to drill & tap the GFC corner billet with something like M14 (9/16 - 12 in old money) to secure the AluCab awning, or build a bracket similar to what has been posted above - mounting to the back side of the camper. But managing the height, offsets, and various other alignments with spacers didn’t seem appealing to me.
Instead, I figured it would be worth-while to start with a solid chunk of aluminium and design one part to do all the work of attaching to tent/camper, working as a spacer, and an offset that would match GFC awning mount brackets…
It took me a couple of stabs of getting this one right. Here is the first one in the making.
- GFC awning bracket needs a slight mod. I threw it in a manual mill and slotted a part of the central mounting holes.
- The height based on max allowable by GFC awning bracket - it lets the sides open properly.
- The AluCab awning does stick up past the thin camper… but with Beef Rack in place - it will look dialled in.
I then made a few improvements, and had the pieces anodized. Once I install on the camper tomorrow, I will post more images. Happy to answer any questions.
First test trip out to Yosemite this weekend, with the prototype bracket.
