Josh, another reason many people open the awnings too quickly, is that many RV centers don't even know.

"We are committed to help you buy your second camper the first time" Brilliant....

I've never heard anyone say this but it makes sense. Thanks for the new knowledge! I'm a first time rv owner of a new 2023 Pioneer and I'm trying to find all the knowledge I can on KZfaq so I can make this thing last many more years!

Thank you so much! I’ve been camping for 40+ years and this is the first time I’ve EVER heard this. I will, from now on, open my awning correctly!

This is an example of what makes your yt channel better than others!

Perusing some of your older videos. THIS here is something I did not know, was not taught and I have never heard anyone else, in the RV on-line world, mention. Thanks for the lesson, Josh. 👍

Thank you, I was never shown, or read about this, when I purchased our RV 10 years ago. Makes total sense.

Josh -. Thank You! My wife and I just bought our first travel trailer, a Jayco 174 BH Baja. We have never heard of that advice. Won't forget it either. Thanks again.

I'm about a year out from making my first TT purchase and your videos have been extremely helpful. You've earned my business.

Your the best KZfaq travel trailer video maker. Hands down. Thanks for info

Thanks Josh! Just bought our first camper with a power awning last year and never even thought of this. This video just popped up on my feed and even though it's a couple of years old, it probably saved me some moola! I should go through your whole list of videos for other nuggets like this.

Wife and i recently bought our first RV camper. Never heard this before. Thanks for the valuable information.

Josh, I have watched hundreds of hours of RV videos. Whether from dealers, manufacturer reps or whomever, and No One has ever mentioned this fact. Crikey, you are such a wealth of RV information and how to and I'm gobsmacked how complete your coverage of RV how to's is. Thank you so much for adding another RV factoid to my grey matter...which I greatly appreciate as I appreciate all of your " Seminars on Wheel's " Your the best, bill in Florida

Makes perfect sense, if you think about it. Problem is, who thinks about it while vacationing. Thank you for thinking about it and sharing your thoughts. You rock!

Thank you. I just replaced my old manual awning with a new power awning. The arm structure looks very similar to your demo. No one told me anything except "here’s the button" and "be careful not to roll it up backwards". Thank you again. I may just have to drive to Coldwater for my second camper.

wow ill say thank you so much, I will remember to do that from now on Josh. For a long as I have owned an rv never ever heard this.

I did not know that. Thanks Josh. By the way we owned our first camper for 10 years before a tree fell on it and totalled it. Now at age 76 we are on our second camper., a little nicer and longer than the first and with a bump out that the first did not have. Much more comfortable and at 24'6" versus 18' for the first it still tows nicely with the half ton pickup, although now we use a load equalizer hitch.

And this is why I watch the “nerd”. Great info Josh👍🏽👍🏽

I wish more dealers would be more like you . And as always thank Josh

Thank you so much Josh. I just purchased a new camper with a setup like this and had no idea.

Those are gas charged struts. Take a new one and see how fast it extends. Your awning is literally being pushed by the strut, it's not pulling the strut out.

This is why you are my Favorite RV Nerd. Thanks Uncle Josh!!

And no one at the dealer where I got mine said one word about this, and always did a demo it full speed opening and closing with no stops. Thanks Josh!

Something I didn't know but at least I open them properly, thanks Josh so i can relay to customers during their walks here in TN

Another day in class with the RV Professor! Thanks Josh!

I did hear that info about a year ago and I completely forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me of that again. I have been guilty of putting my awning in too fast but will follow your advice from now on .

It's crazy I bought a 2018 freedom Express in August or July of 2018 and it already had two owners before me. But it is my baby now 😂 I thank them for bringing the price down!

I didn't even know my awning had a gas strut!! I'm going to have to mosey outside and have a look. Thanks Josh!

Thank you Josh for teaching us everyday on the items most other dealerships won’t tell or don’t know. Your honesty is contagious (in a good way 🤪). Have a great day!

Josh: you and your informative video snippets my friend are the reason I purchased the particular travel trailer I did. You always go the extra mile sir!

As usual - Great stuff!! Your advice and effective and professional delivery is the best of the best. No bla bla bla, just the facts, very well delivered. Well done. Keep‘ em coming.

Another informative video. One of the best sources concerning RV issues and reviews as far as I’m concerned. Thanks for what you do Josh.

Never new of this! Never heard it mentioned even in a manual...thanks for a great tip. Will pass this on to my family with similar trailers like ours!

That was a great tip. My last trailer was powered by my back and arms. Now that I have a powered one the tip makes a great deal of sense. Thanks for the video

Josh, I just replaced a gas shock on my Carefree awning due to the shock wearing out!! Here in Sacramento, CA could not find a mobile repair RV company that had ever replaced one...a new shock is rated at 150psi so it takes at least two people to replace the shock safely. I wish I had found your KZfaq video 4 years ago....

I'm a new RVer and consider myself unknowledgeable to some extent but with time spent RVing I'm slowly learning. This bit of info isn't a "eureka" moment but unless someone can disprove it, use it ! Great little advise and that's exactly what I will now put in to practice ! Thanks !

Thanks for the tip. First time owner of a 5th wheel with a power awning. Much appreciated.

Thanks I'll try to remember this. Oh by the way I just bought my 2nd camper, the 1st ....7 months ago. Went from the 195RB to the 212QB, I'm done for a few years! After we bought the first one I kept reading about buy your 2nd camper 1st, it's true!

I’m a seasoned camper and I still learn little tricks from you. Great Job on the videos keep up the good work!!!

I always love Josh’s videos, and no doubt he adds tons of value to RV owners everywhere, and for this reason our next RV will come from them if we ever replace our pinnacle. But I’m about to either ruin your day or make you smile hugely. Ever since the first video of his I watched, all I hear is Alan from Two and a Half Men. 🤣 I find it endearing to be honest.

I've been opening my awning in 3 stages slowly just thinking of the motor heating up. Now I find out I've been saving my strut also.

I like that ours I can manually lower either one of the sides to let water run off so we don’t get the random noises of water dumping off or water dumping in our main walkway.

Ok Josh I've got to say it Your such a Nerd! But you sure a knowledgeable Nerd! I have learned a lot of information from watching the videos you put out. My wife and I are going to be purchasing another RV soon and it's going to be a big one a Fuzion toy hauler for our Harley's the 419 is the one we like and if our local dealer here in Colorado doesn't have one when we are ready to buy we might just have to jump in the truck and hit the road in your direction.

I am so glad I happened upon this video, as we are getting ready to purchase a new awning!

I did not know that. I thought the engineers who make the motorized awning would have set the motor speed to compensate for the strut gas motion to happen while opening or closing the awning. I learned something new for the day. Time for a nap... Happy Camping Everyone!!! 😁

We bought our Jayco popup in the early 90's from Haylett. Several years later, we traded it in for a 24' TT at Haylett. Never had an issue with the RV's or the dealer! We've not gone from a Pop-up, to a travel trailer, to a Class C, and now we own a class A which we'll be selling this summer and buying a 5th wheel. The C and A were not from this dealer as we moved from Michigan to Ohio unfortunately, but retiring next Spring. Maybe we'll head up to Coldwater and take a look around! We most likely bought our trailers from your dad Josh.

Thanks for this post. I’m at the end of that 2.5 year ownership space still. Always wondered why the awning wasn’t very tight. Great explanation

Wild, I just bought my Rig. I love full time in mine. Anyways, I was just naturally doing this! Wild... Having and making sense if things, either you have it or you don't! Safe travels everyone.😎

We watched Josh's videos 4 months before buying. Would have bought from him, if he was closer. Great content, as always

Thank you so much Josh. This is our first power awning. 😀

This is genius tip. Thank you very much. Really appreciate all that uncle Josh does for us out her in the camping world.

Thank you, Josh. I didn’t realize about the strut either. Appreciate all your advice.

This happened to our 2016 Jayco Seismic Wave after the first full year, good info to know, thank you!

Great tip Haylet! ! Never heard this before. Maybe opening/closing our outdoor kitchen struts would have avoided replacement also. Another tip out dealer did tell us about... never run awning all the way out... just till valence drops down. It's beyond me why these don't have limit switches to avoid tearing the fabric/damaging the motor...

Thanks for the tip, our 2014 Jayco had a bad strut when it was new. We have a 2018 now with a different brand of awning, It goes out normal speed but when closing takes forever, I took it back to have it looked at and they said it was fine. I rarely use it for fear of not getting it closed if a storm or wind comes up fast.

Thanks Josh I sent this canary lesson to both my children who have campers!

Your videos are always spot on. Almost didn't watch this one, I was the mash the button guy. You showed us a smart procedure, many thanks.

Oh, my awning is suppose to do that? I thought my awning was broken and needed to be repaired. Learn something new every day. Thanks!

Glad I clicked this on. Would have never known. Fortunately, my RV is new so I've only opened the awning a few times. I'll remember this for the future.

Instead of AIR in those struts think NITROGEN not a big deal but cleaner than air air being about 81% nitrogen. Anyway the thing is there is a lot of VALVES in a strut and they work like a SPRING and a SHOCK ABSORBER just like the strut assists on a trunk or hood. But these take up a lot more force. Another thing is if you are going to leave your coach with the awning OUT DON"T!! a micro-burst of wind can really ruin a trip!! Been there, done that!!! I did add Carefrees Bluetooth control to my awning mines a 2016 I think most of the newer ones have it standard. Great add on! Keep up the great work Josh, Probably will knock on your door for my next RV!!

Never heard of this issue. Thanks for informing us! I'll pass on to my fellow RVer's. Another reason I watch the Nerd.

Thanks Josh! I've had mine for two years and no one ever showed me this at General RV.

Thanks man! Didn’t know this! I usually do go slow but I’ll make sure I give it plenty of time now! Thanks Uncle Josh!

This makes sense. Another reason I watch your videos. Thank you from a newbie to towed rvs.

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Thank you so much Josh for the awning info my wife and I just ordered our 2021 mini lite 2511s you are our favorite guy when it come to info nobody else could find to tell ur rv fans keep up the great work love ur tutorials,thank u again

Excellent tip. Thanks! Keep up the high quality information. I think your videos even influence RV dealers, as they see what customer service is all about.

Thanks Josh! ON my 3rd RV and never knew this. You are always the go to guy!

Josh, Lou from Chicago took my Roo out and yes my awing was always sagging. Now i know why. I will try your way next trip out. Thanks!

Great information,as wife n I prepare for full time RVing for a few years.

Oohhhhh..... 8 months with our new Laredo. I better start pausing. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks Josh, my first RV didn't have the struts but I just checked and the new one does, thanks for the useful information!

Like the awning - Josh has us covered!

We fall into that owning our first rv for a short period. Now in our second one and I wish I had my first one back.

Josh you rock, thanks for the speedy reply! Your video's are great and I enjoy watching them!

Thanks Josh! What a simple fix! I had no idea!

Just clicked on the thumbs up (Attaboys) 343, and noticed the thumbs down (Aw Sh..Shucks) was 0! That is Awesome! But then, for you, it's "just another day at the office"! Once again Josh, THANK YOU. You get my Vote again for the Best Salesman in the RV Business! Keep on keeping on!. God Gless you and your loved ones.

Thanks for the tip.Had my camper a couple years now and never knew this 😃

This is good advice. It needs a bump so all the new RV owners can see it.

I watch from Texas, to learn how to take care of an RV I don’t have YET. 🤓 Thanks Josh! If I buy my RV from you, I feel secure you wouldn’t put me on the road back to Texas without knowledge.

Thanks for these videos josh. Seems like the manufacturer would have figured this out and geared down the motors. Seems like pausing in the middle of a hydraulic stroke wouldn’t change anything for the rest of that stroke. I suspect the constant movement in windy conditions would have a greater effect on lifespan. But you can see from the thumbnail of my old RV I’m new to the world of electric awnings

Awesome! Thank you for the tip. It's things like this that cause me to plan a trip to see you guys all the way from Florida one day soon. 🙂💸💸💸

I’ve been doing this for years. Usually I do 3 or 4 short ones. I also do longer pauses in spring and fall when it’s colder

Great info, Josh! Wish the dealer knew that because they didn't open it your way when they showed me how it operates....

This is why I subscribe even though we live 1500 miles from Coldwater Michigan.

Thanks for the great info! I'll add this to the list of things the stealership never told us about our new 2018 Grand Design Imagine 2600rb!

Thank you. I started out with a jackco pop-up I thought campers were drunk when they put their awning up. I toured the USS battle ship Alabama. It came up a rain storm. When i get back to camp. My awning was shaped like the letter U. 😂 lol I understood why the campers had it tilted to one side.

I have a new 2020 Gulfstream, the awning arm broke in heavy wind at the camp ground. The warranty took care of it. Same camp ground 5 months later the rain killed it. Back to the shop I go. Now I will open using this method. The crazy thing us all the other RVs awnings around us were perfectly fine, open and people sitting under watching the rain. Maybe mine was made my Ozark Trail. 🤯

I was certainly never told this information! Thanks for the heads up.

I really appreciate this video as my wife and I just recently purchased our toy hauler 6mo ago and were never told this. We have gone camping in it about 3 times already and love it. Nothing would ruin that feeling more than a breakdown of some sort. Admittedly the initial walk around at time of purchase seemed very quick and it may have been mentioned however let’s face it, it was our first RV purchase and we were still basking in the glow of initial RV ownership. Lol 😆

I just looked at a camper yesterday that did that. There was a lot of slack then it popped up. I assumed that was normal. Thanks for the info!

He's right, my dealer said nothing about this. In fact his instructions were to just hold the button until it's all the way out.

Josh, thank you for that information. It is very helpful, and will be used from this day forward.

You're a day late and a dollar short! One of my gas struts started failing after 13 months. As slowly as an awning opens, I am surprised the pause is needed. I suppose they are quite different in design from others. Thanks for the tip!

Thank you so much for that info. I never knew that and I have been doing wrong and its starting to show.

Gotta Love the Nerds in the World.

Our family enjoys your videos. Thank you for your hard work! ???? We have used some of your tips in our own adventures!

I've been guilty of prematurely pulling my strut to fast

Thank you Josh , as always you are watching out for the customer!

Thanks I never knew this and maybe this is why ours makes a lot of noise now.