thumping of slide awning in high gusty wind
During a trip back from New Mexico we ran into some really strong gusty winds. As we were driving along we could hear this thumping sound along the side of the coach. After going through a list of "...
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We have indeed had our large slide out awning flap in the wind. One year on the way to Sturgis, SD for the Steam Show we were in 80 mph winds out of the W/NW...it did pull the slide awnings up a bit, made a horrible noise. Since we were enroute we just slowed down to less than 40 mph, pulling into the Sam's Club in Rapid City and boondocked to wait out of the wind. It can damage the slide topper but ours was ok. There are locks available but we've not installed them yet because generally...if the wind is blowing hard enough to pull out the awnings...it's time to pull off the road!
