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Subject Topic: Folding campers and wind Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonSmutty nutty
21/4/2006 at 12:26am
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how do they with stand strong winds with no awning up?


Personfourtones
21/4/2006 at 7:23am
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The first time we ever went out in ours we didn't put the awning up and it blowed a gale - I didn't sleep a wink fearing it would be upturned and ripped to shreds by  morning, but it was absolutely fine - everyone else slept through it!

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PersonSirTK
21/4/2006 at 7:40am
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The main unit is no problem, the awning is the vulnerable part. An awning strap is a good investment.

cheers, Terry

 


Personzaccy123
21/4/2006 at 9:38am
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I had awful wind last week in the FC, luckily the Mrs was in the opposite bed so it wast a major issue.


Personour_mums_r_mad
21/4/2006 at 10:23am
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Ditto fourtones, we went to derbyshire in october with our awning on and was expecting to find it in the farmers field joking in the morning we had seen the owners of the site which he said to me "you where lucky we have had awnings landing in the fields before with weather like we have had recently" to which i said "arghhhh lets go home" we never did we stayed and it was great fun.


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Personmike142sl
21/4/2006 at 10:29am
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We were in Anglesey last week and were hit by a Force 8 Gale. The awning was held down by the storm strap which for £8 was more than worth the money, as all the pegs were pulled out of the hard standing.

The FC (Conway Cruiser) survived without any problems.



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PersonJan P
21/4/2006 at 10:47am
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We've been out in bad winds with dome tents ending up in a tree and been fine. We had the awning up but I consider this the most vulnerable bit. I think having the under bed skirts pegged down helps and stops the wind whipping under the beds. Very noisy though.

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PersonPennine Plodder
21/4/2006 at 11:00am
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We were caught in high winds when we had our Pathfinder. The base unit withstands it fine but as said previously the awning can be in peril.  We bought storm straps - never got chance to use them.  If you're concerned, erect a wind break in front of the awning to deflect the worst of the wind.  I think the awning remains safer on a folding camper than on a caravan.  The caravan awning is held in place by sliding the edge through a channel, the FC awnings are held in place by substantial zips - less easy to budge by wind.

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Personkimmie
21/4/2006 at 11:22am
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If its a Dandy and you have no awning you can turn wedge end to the wind and everything is fine.

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PersonSmutty nutty
21/4/2006 at 2:57pm
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Thank you for all your replyes, We have plenty of rachet straps we use them on our gazebo for the car shows  allways take spares with us. Just need to sell the T/T now.


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Personeskimosailor
23/4/2006 at 9:40pm
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We were away one night last year while staying near Exmouth. The night we were away it blew a terrific hooligan and we were really worried, but returning from Plymouth wasn't an option. When we got back a number of the caravans on the site had collapsed or damaged awnings despite awning straps, but we had suffered no damage at all. We were in the middle of the field as well so had no protection from hedges or fences.

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Personsteve+mandy
24/4/2006 at 6:05pm
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we park the car in front of awning if strong winds, this seems to help


Personbordercaz
24/4/2006 at 8:15pm
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A couple of years ago I saw a Pathfinder folded by strong winds - the owner had turned it end on to the wind because he was worried it was leaning sideways. The wind got under the bed and flipped it up (bathroom & wardrobe end).

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Personmike142sl
24/4/2006 at 9:52pm
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You would have thought the weight of the beds would have been enough to prevent that - were they in bed at the time?

I suppose it's one advantage of the conaumatic system over the pennmatic system, but with winds like that it's probably acedemic.



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Personbordercaz
25/4/2006 at 11:01am
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No, they weren't in bed, but they did have the slo-cooker on at the time and it sent meat and juices everywhere, plus a bit of damage to the wardrobe. They packed up and went home. To be fair, it was an exceptionally windy weekend in March, I took down the pop top on my motorcaravan because of the wind.

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