Bongo Fury

What you COULD try is to use a 2nd pole on each side angled back towards the Bongo. Provided the original poles could not pull out of tbe ground and that the tops of the two poles, where they meet, are bound/linked together, and the angled poles don't slip on the ground, the triangulated structure should work similar to using guy ropes, but using a compression strut instead of a tensioned guy rope. But it would all be bulkier, time consuming to construct, and you could still trip over the angled pole

Taking a lateral look at the problem, i'd use storm strap webbing and beefy pegs as the solution, thus greatly increasing secure fastening in wind (and believe me, you need it) whilst making guy ropes as visible as poles. At night, i might drape led string lights down the storm straps for extra visibility.

CMM303
dunno if this is of any interest but.
I secure our second pole, when on site, behind the roof staples and lock them in position with two rubber door wedges through the staples, cant reach the middle staple except thru AFT net,and secure the horizontal awning pole to that.

Bongolia wrote:CMM303
dunno if this is of any interest but.
I secure our second pole, when on site, behind the roof staples and lock them in position with two rubber door wedges through the staples, cant reach the middle staple except thru AFT net,and secure the horizontal awning pole to that.

rubber wedges, smart idea. Love it simple and cheap! By staples, do you mean the black angled brackets that are exposed when AFT raised?

At the bash somebody pointed me to Wilko extending clothes line props! £3!! Feels more rigid than my old gazebo poles though not tried it out yet.

Yes.
Just looked at mine and I thought the "staples" formed part of the AFT lock down, but it appears not, are they just guides?
Do you store your poles attached to the "staples" and lower the roof down over them?

The black "staples" have nothing to do with the AFT at all, merely fixings for things hung on the side of the van, hence why there only on the nearside.

Well Ill be, hadnt noticed there were none on the nearside!

@@"%**@!!!! I meant Offside!!!

Bongolia wrote:Yes.
Just looked at mine and I thought the "staples" formed part of the AFT lock down, but it appears not, are they just guides?
Do you store your poles attached to the "staples" and lower the roof down over them?

Yes. Top pics in my post on previous page show it stored for travelling. It is a close thing not to foul the AFT rubber seal. The extending washing line pole would be quicker and easier.

g8dhe wrote:The black "staples" have nothing to do with the AFT at all, merely fixings for things hung on the side of the van, hence why there only on the nearside.

didn't Mazda sell some sort of awning which utilised these brackets?

g8dhe wrote:The black "staples" have nothing to do with the AFT at all, merely fixings for things hung on the side of the van, hence why there only on the nearside.

Yes they are called Tent Hooks.

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Good Luck.