Awning to Basket Rack Bracket Kit
A 3mm folded steel bracket when fitted creates a square / rigid flat surface to mount poleless awnings to such as the , Ostrich wing awning, Darche Eclipse 270, 30 Second Awn, Boss BA270, Alucab 270 etc. This Kit is designed to fitted to tube-bar style flat or trade racks using Nutsert or Rivnuts - If fitting using Nutserts, Obviously You will need a Rivnut tool to fit this kit. There is a quick video on how to use this tool available here on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd88eKUf0xE
We would reccommend fitting an Awning that INCLUDES spacer blocks - At Present the (OSTRICH WING 270 Includes 19mm spacers in their awning fitting kit... ),- At Time of writing EVERY OTHER AWNING TYPE will need to Option in a Set of 20mm Spacers, as the hoop bars on pretty much every basket rack protrude.
Fitting our brackets without the spacer kit option will preventing the back plate fitting flush to our brackets.
For the Point of Images - The Spacers are listed seperatly here - or they can be selected as an inclusion in this kit on the options when your buying the basket rack kit on this listing.
https://www.toughtouring.com.au/product-page/20mm-aluminium-spacer-block-kit-for-basket-racks
If you'd rather make the Spacers yourself, we've found - Plastic Chopping board can be cut into a perfectly good spacer block at home ...Works fine.
There is a short video clip which will give you the basic idea on how to fit all our brackets (Using them as a template for your mounting holes) below:
Kit Contains :
1 Rear Corner triangulation bracket
1 Top Pipe bar 'T' securing bracket Alternative with Folded Inward 'C' bend added
1 Hook Bracket
1 Pair Tough Touring Logos
Required Rivets, Tec Screws, High Tensile Bolts and Rivnuts
Downloadable some basic instructions here - https://www.toughtouring.com.au/copy-of-mid
You will need to understand Pipe bar insertion of Rivnuts or don't attempt the install.
Supported awning types
This bracket kit is immensely stiff and strong and also can be used for Double ended awnings like the Bush Co 180 - Double ender - XT MAX and many others with 270 degree swing at the back and 180 Degree Swing at the front.
We Like the Ostrich wing 270 and the Boss RT270 Awnings the most for this Kit, They Both offer excellent coverage for their size, are able to be Tied down in Wild weather and have good supply and parts channels. Both Brands are around the 28 kgs in weight and also offer (seperatly) Zip on wall kits of good quality.
ALUCAB
All Known 270 Degree awnings fit as well - Except the slotted Holes drilled in our bracket does not marry up with the Alucab 50 x50x 50x50 Square set hole pattern... If you wish to fit this awning you can - but you will have to drill two extra holes in our bracket plate.HOWLING MOON.
Some Howling Moon Awnings have also recently gone to the 50x50x50x50 pattern. (I guess to match the alucab tents) - so again if your using one of these you may have 2 additional holes to drill. Howling Moons reception was unable to confirm this for me so Not 100% sure.. Their old pattern matched perfectly.