Hello this is my first post. I am in the process of buying a 2004 Triton 420gt from Automotive Leisure. I have been looking at awnings for this and it looks like Walker are not a bad make. I have spotted one for sale second hand but the current owner had a more recent van than mine. Apparently there was an upgrade in 2006 and the newer version is a bit bigger. Does anyone know if a Walker awning bought for that version will fit mine ok or is it version specific? Many thanks

I think you will find the size upgrade of the eriba van was in 2009.

As Hob said the upgrade was in 09, the walker is a well made and flexible awning, we have used ours a lot and wouldn't be without it
https://www.qualitycaravanawnings.com/co...ant=42340248836
http://www.walker-awnings.co.uk/product/...s/touring-plus/
Dave

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Tom & Margaret

Hi Stormin. Sorry that your specific question hasn't been answered at this time and as our van is now away from home and in storage I can't really help either. The two measurements that you need for comparison (so hopefully a Walker awning owner can jump in here) are the awning beading length so you can see how it would fit lengthwise on the rail. However, very important is the height off the ground of your vans awning rail compared to newer vans. If yours is much shorter then obviously there will be excess material in the awning panels which may make pegging out difficult.

I have recently bought a troll and a nearly new Walker awning was included. Have managed to erect it once on the front lawn, not easy initially as no instructions supplied with it. Quality seemed very good when up, but on our first trip to the coast it was quite windy and just couldn't manage to get it up so gave up. Clearly there must be some sort of knack or technique that I am missing as alot of people rave about them. Any tricks for erecting them. thanks

Thanks for those replies. I was basically after what the difference was in awning fit between the two versions of the 420 (whenever the change was) and whether anyone else had come up against this issue, to know whether an awning for a newer van would fit an older one. From this thread, I sort of have the answer, thanks

thanks for the advice will try colour coding the poles sounds a good idea.

Mark - the text below, which I have copied and pasted, forms part of a PM that I sent to a member with pretty much the same question as you and so might read in the third person somewhat. Anyway, our method differs slightly to that of Colin and now that we've erected the awning on at least two dozen occasions we've usually got it cracked within the hour.

Now before I go any further, let me say that putting up this awning is never going to be THAT easy but there again, no awning is particularly easy to put up. Right then - with that out of the way the following is the method that we have settled upon and which seems to work best for us.

(1) Starting at home - mark each pole at the end. You can either choose your own marking system (which we did for the first year) or use the same marking system as used on the Walker instruction sheet. Where pole numbers repeat themselves i.e. pole #5 then mark the middle pole M5 and the left pole L5 etc etc.

(2) On stowing/packing away in the transport bag, make separate bundles i.e. left hand side poles, right hand side poles, middle poles, front poles and back poles and once on sight, place the bundled poles some way to the front of the caravan but with the left hand side poles off to the left etc.

(2a) Optional but recommended. Tape a couple of plastic waste bin sacks or old curtain material (anything will do really) and cover the caravans windows. If the material/sack is thin then you'll be able to trap it at the top of the window so that it stays in place. This helps prevent accidental scratching of the windows whilst erecting the front poles which can come very close to the van at times.

(3) Have two lengths of old tent line and a couple of tent pegs available.

(4) Slide the awning into the rail and position centrally. It's helpful here to have the caravan tilting either to the front or to the back by a single degree or so to assist in any rain running off the roof/gutter more easily. We have ours tilted nose down by a degree or so which also helps to keep the caravan door in the open position.

(5) If you've either been provided with, or purchased seperately, the white plastic strip, then obviously slide this into position first and then ensure that after sliding the awning into the rail that the flap overlaps the strip along it's length.

(6) Either before sliding the awning into the rail or now by crawling under the awning, place all front poles (those nearest the caravan) on the grass in front of the caravan. Lay them parallel to the van so that you don't keep tripping over them.

(6) Using a stool, one person goes under the awning and places the centre apex pole into position through the hole in the awning whilst the second person holds up the awning in the middle giving the first person some space to move lol.

(7) The person holding up the apex pole should now maintain this position whilst the second person provides the first of the middle poles which can then be slotted into the apex section. Repear this proceedure until both of you are now at the front side of the awning. Keep applyng a bit of forward pressure to ensure that the apex pole remains in the vertical positon.

(8) Now fit the middle front pole secions and using the odd bit of tent line and pegs - peg out the front pole section.

(9) Imagining the visually, you should now be in a position that you have the apex pole section erected and all centre poles leading to the front of the awning with the front pole pegged down to prevent the entire thing falling down. Visually, if it wasn't for the fact that the awning has been slid into the rail you have now created a sort of tunnel effect.

(10) At this point you can either start on the left hand side pole section or the right hand side - one side is a repeat of the other so it doesn't matter.

(11) Once you've got it looking something like an erected awning you can start tensioning the roof poles starting in the middle section and working out from the caravan to the front.

(12) Once the roof poles have been tensioned, pull out slighty (45°) both front corner poles. This will apply tension both the front and side sections of the awning.

(13) Take a coffee break and then start pegging out the awning.

In the beginning we had difficulty because the entire thing was so big and floppy that it all appeared unmanageable. In reality though it's all a matter of technique. If you can manage to hold the apex roof section vertical all the time whilst slowly attaching the centre poles one at a time and finally ending up at the front of the awning, you're more than half way there. By fitting the front section poles and pegging it out using a couple of lines and pegs that stabilise the centre section by applying both front to back and side to side pressure, you can then work at your leisure working on the side sections without fear of everything either falling down or becoming totally unmanageable.

Although I've loitered for a few months this may be my first post.

I picked up a 2002 Puck L yesterday so took advantage of today's great weather to give it a deep clean & check things over.

My question concerns the Walker awning - which appears to be immaculate - do I have the correct awning bracket to fit the wee riser pole in the centre of the awning?

I only ask as - per one of my pictures - the pole would appear to rub against the gutter.

Er, the centre piece should fit into the awning itself. There is a small length of additional beading in the middle and underneath the main run of beading. Does this picture help - it's a closer view of your first image?Centre Piece.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)