Driving in Windy Conditions
We are planning a trip through California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas this spring. During past similar trips, the winds were very strong, making driving difficult at times. At what...
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AT what wind speed....?
I am unable to answer that directly as well.. Too many factors.
But the answer is this: When you get to asking "is the wind blowing too hard".... It is. Find parking.
True story... Now if you think of it you often drive in like a sixty MPH breeze (Calm winds you are going sixty MPH) I was headed east across Taxes, er, Texas, a few years back (About 7) and there was a bit of breeze.. In fact the tumble weeds were passing me... going straight down the road... like I had the brakes on.. KEY PHRASE: Straight down the road.. The winds were coming from DEAD ASTERN which is the motor home's strongest aspect.. MPG on the dash display was hanging around 13.8 (normally closer to 8).
Nice drive.. Till I exited the freeway and then it was slow and very careful going till I parked.. Weather man said gusts over 100 MPH sustained of 90.
But that was DEAD ASTERN winds,, one of the many factors.
A cross wind.. Well i'd like to keep it to a small fraction of that.
That same season I was heading for Palmdale, CA (moose lodge) and was chatting with another RVer a few hours behind me.. We both stopped or fuel and food at the same truck stop. He choose to spend the night, called ahead to the CG he had reservations at and told them he did not think he'd make it due to the wind, They told him No Problem you can't get into the park just now anyway.. He ask why.. Seems a class A exiting the park caught a gust of wind and rolled over on it's side and it was going to take hours to get it back on its wheels and out of there.
I am unable to answer that directly as well.. Too many factors.
But the answer is this: When you get to asking "is the wind blowing too hard".... It is. Find parking.
True story... Now if you think of it you often drive in like a sixty MPH breeze (Calm winds you are going sixty MPH) I was headed east across Taxes, er, Texas, a few years back (About 7) and there was a bit of breeze.. In fact the tumble weeds were passing me... going straight down the road... like I had the brakes on.. KEY PHRASE: Straight down the road.. The winds were coming from DEAD ASTERN which is the motor home's strongest aspect.. MPG on the dash display was hanging around 13.8 (normally closer to 8).
Nice drive.. Till I exited the freeway and then it was slow and very careful going till I parked.. Weather man said gusts over 100 MPH sustained of 90.
But that was DEAD ASTERN winds,, one of the many factors.
A cross wind.. Well i'd like to keep it to a small fraction of that.
That same season I was heading for Palmdale, CA (moose lodge) and was chatting with another RVer a few hours behind me.. We both stopped or fuel and food at the same truck stop. He choose to spend the night, called ahead to the CG he had reservations at and told them he did not think he'd make it due to the wind, They told him No Problem you can't get into the park just now anyway.. He ask why.. Seems a class A exiting the park caught a gust of wind and rolled over on it's side and it was going to take hours to get it back on its wheels and out of there.
