Attention all Wolf Creek 850 Owners
Hi all I own (owned) a 2012 wolf creek 850 and the passenger side front anchor bolt was spliced in with a small sheet of plywood. This piece of plywood failed, ripped out and my Wolf Creek rolled...
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....I just noticed something while looking at the photos of the tub bottom on that toppled WC: the tub base (the pedestal that supports the entire camper) appears to be rectangular, and not T shaped (T shaped like our camper, and many others I have inspected = far more L/R topple stability with the rear floor substantially wider than tub at rear of camper).
I'm not going to get into T vs rectangular tub pedestal stability on such a tall and wide camper, vis COG, COM, centrifugal and perpendicular wind force(s) and tie-down points...I'll let a structural engineer chime in here....All I want to say is: thank God we have a T shaped tub pedestal, and 4 tiedowns mounted to our camper jack brackets (itself mounted to 4-inch aluminum beams (on both sides of camper).
We took out a special liability insurance rider on our camper alone (on the advice of an industry professional), in case it ever went "airborne", and through a building, or, God forbid another (occupied) vehicle.
I'm not going to get into T vs rectangular tub pedestal stability on such a tall and wide camper, vis COG, COM, centrifugal and perpendicular wind force(s) and tie-down points...I'll let a structural engineer chime in here....All I want to say is: thank God we have a T shaped tub pedestal, and 4 tiedowns mounted to our camper jack brackets (itself mounted to 4-inch aluminum beams (on both sides of camper).
We took out a special liability insurance rider on our camper alone (on the advice of an industry professional), in case it ever went "airborne", and through a building, or, God forbid another (occupied) vehicle.
