Single Tie-Back for Your Vintage Trailer's Awning

We've been asked how we make a fabric-type awning work with just a single tie-back for the uprights.

The trick is to have a solid crosspiece that runs across the front, under the valance, and connects to both the uprights. For the awning above, the crosspiece is made from a length of electrical conduit pipe, with a hole drilled at each end. I slid the tapered end of each upright into the corresponding hole.

The tie ropes are attached to the tops of the uprights, above the crosspiece.