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gjohnston77
Explorer
Sep 14, 2017

Tv antennas blowing off

I purchased a 2017 passport travel trailer in October 2016. On its first trip the saucer shaped tv antenna blew off driving down the highway at about 60kph. Keystone refused to repair and it cost me 387 dollars at the dealer where I purchased it from. Keystones reason for not repair was incidental damage. This occurred in April 2017. I drove across Canada in the summer and on my return trip it blew off again on 22 august near Quebec City. I am taking it in again to the dealer and am told this has never happened before. I am expecting resistance about who pays for the re and re. Has anyone out there had similar problems. I can't believe I am the only one.
  • gjohnston77's avatar
    gjohnston77
    Explorer
    Sep 15, 2017
    The first time it blew off I actually heard it come off and then hit the highway . I went back and got it and took it to the dealer. The second time I couldn't stop it was a busy freeway. The post it was mounted on remained both times attached to the roof and all that was visible both times was about on foot of wire sticking up from the middle of the post. It is basically a flying saucer.
  • Lantley's avatar
    Lantley
    Nomad
    Sep 14, 2017
    Are you actually seeing it blow off as you travel down the road? Were you able to stop and retrieve it?
  • Lynnmor's avatar
    Lynnmor
    Explorer
    Sep 14, 2017
    But you don't have the inconvenience of cranking it up and down. ??

    I can see that putting an umbrella on the roof is asking for trouble. Depending on other protrusions, the wind currents might give that umbrella quite a workout. If that is an omnidirectional antenna, it would be a good time to invest in a real one.
  • Dutch_12078's avatar
    Dutch_12078
    Explorer II
    Sep 14, 2017
    Back when I installed one of the round omni-directional antennas on a Class C roof, I used "Molly" expansion anchors and screws to mount it on the rubber covered thin Luan. The Molly "footprint" under the plywood is much larger, preventing the screws from pulling out.

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