iradi8
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Wow, the winds are really rocking the RV pretty bad right now. Sooooooooo scary!!! We are staying in Carlsbad tonight since we couldn't leave due to the wind. I feel like the RV is being ripped apart. We have both slides in. The clothes in the closet are swinging. The gusts are 70 mph. How much can this thing tolerate???
I need some reassurance at this point. I just want to turn around and go home. My nerves are shot
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kjburns
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I don't know how much wind a class A can handle. If it's getting too bad, it might make sense to move so the wind is on the nose or tail instead of a cross wind.
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Bikeboy57
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Is there anyway you can orient the rig so the wind is not broadside.
Reduce the frontal area to the wind.
It will pass when the front moves through. Do not try to drive in the wind, you are better off staying put until the front moves through.
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retiredvegasmetrocop
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It's not the wind, it's those flying objects the wind brings. LOL Anyway, if you're in Carlsbad, CA you'll notice the sun is shining, the storms (4) have passed, and we're dry.
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iradi8
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retiredvegasmetrocop wrote:Anyway, if you're in Carlsbad, CA you'll notice the sun is shining, the storms (4) have passed, and we're dry.
We're in Carlsbad, NM. I wish we were in Carlsbad, CA if that's the case
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We experienced the same thing a week ago in Tucumcari, NM and again in Amarillo,TX. I lowered my jacks and then just put them down to where they just barely took a little weight off of the wheels. I also brought in my slide and lowered my antenna. Having experienced hurricane winds, I feel that we were getting wind gusts approaching what you are experiencing right now. The winds in Tucumcari only lasted about four hours but in Amarillo we had them all day long. It is a little uncomfortable but I'm sure that you have no worry about being blown over. As they say about Mother Nature.......there isn't anything that you can do about it other than to wait for it to change. Hope it eases off soon. When we were in Carlsbad a few weeks ago we stayed at the Carlsbad RV Park on National Parks HWY. If you are there, they do have a nice building up front where you may want to go to if you feel unsafe.
I forgot to add........be sure to hang on tight to the door when you open it and brace yourself if the wind gusts when the door is open.
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skipnchar
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We've gone through a number of thunder storms with winds in the 60 MPH range in a pop up trailer. I don't think you're in any danger but it'll be noisy and probably be rocking you around some. Good luck / skip
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moparmaga2
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Have been inside a 19 foot travel trailer through gusts approaching 80 MPH. I am still here. No, this was not a storm, we get 50-70 MPH winds all spring here in West TX / Eastern NM.
We call the dust in the air from these winds "Yankee Repellent"
You get used to it with time. When you step outside in 30 MPH winds and it seems calm to you, then you know that you have acclimated to living here.
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We went through similiar conditions in a travel trailer a few years ago. I think the wind was in the 60 MPH range. I didn't get much sleep that night, as the trailer sounded like it was getting ripped apart. I kept getting up and going outside to look at things. When morning came and the winds died down we were surprised there was no damage at all. You have to remember these things are built to go down the highway.
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Gale Hawkins
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I remember our first storm and actually it was moving a lot so I got up and sat in the driver's seat since I could not sleep. We were fine the next morning like the others.
You should be fine.
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