winegard Traveler slimline sat dish, how much wind?

30MPH is a deployed, locked on sat rating. We all know that these can take in excess of 70MPH on the road so it ain't blowin' apart. I've been in Quartzsite for 10 days and been through 30MPH winds, and even with the motor locks off its dead on.

It's not the antenna, it's what it's mounted on and how well.

lanerd wrote:

fredbon wrote:
I doubt it would take a 50 mph winds unless it's securely attached to the ground.

Fred

Fred, the Trav'ler is a roof mounted antenna.

Supercub...why take a chance of the mounting screws being pulled out....just stow the antenna and watch recorded programs. We always have at least a dozen movies or other programs recorded just for such an occasion.

good luck

Ron

Got carried away and keyed in on "Slimline", missed Traveler.

Fred

A couple of years ago, I had the motor jam on mine in the up position as we were getting to go home and the little plug broke as I was trying to do an emergency stow in the rain on a slick roof. I was on the line with a Winegard tech and told him that I was going to take it to Brazel's which was about a mile away and he told me that the dish was only rated for 30mph. I finally got the dish pulled off the mount and we went home. They replaced that one as it was only 15 months old and then 10 months later the new one did it again. It was considered out of warranty as it was 25 months from the purchase of the ORIGINAL one and I had to pay for a new head.
Oh and the second one also jammed in the up position in a driving rain storm at Jantzen Beach RV park in Portland and I had an audience of about 6 guys who stood under the awning of the rig across the street and rooted me on. They brought the beer tho.

Check Wineguards website that info may be there.

Having installed mine myself and seeing the number of screws and caulk holding it down; in my opinion, the chances of the unit pulling loose or damaging the roof is virtually none. The wind would have to be so strong that the damage from the Trav'ler would be the least of your worries. That, of course, is if it is installed correctly.

fredbon wrote:
I doubt it would take a 50 mph winds unless it's securely attached to the ground.

Fred

Fred, the Trav'ler is a roof mounted antenna.

Supercub...why take a chance of the mounting screws being pulled out....just stow the antenna and watch recorded programs. We always have at least a dozen movies or other programs recorded just for such an occasion.

good luck

Ron

40mph wind gusts here in FL overnight. Roof dish still shows 100% signal strength on 101, 98% on 99 and 99% on 103.

SCVJeff wrote:
You should worry more about the mounting and your roof than the antenna itself. When not powered on all the wind will do is push the antenna around

I agree

I just do not want the stresses leading to leaks, loose attachments, etc. down the road. Am I cautious - probably.

Similar for slide toppers, but I typically will only pull in one side.

We are only talking about a few hours 1 or 3 days a year out of several hundreds of days of camping.

Mine has been up in 60+ mph winds with no damage at all. In fact depending on the direction of the winds you may not even lose the signal.

Spent last winter in the Columbia river gorge, a place notorious for high winds. 50MPH is nothing there. Our Travler was up the whole time with no problem. I was more concerned eith my slide toppers ripping of. So they got strapped down.