Put jacks down to stabilize camper in winds?
We had a 60 mph wind come up during the night hitting the camper from the side. I didn't have the jacks down since we were driving out the next morning. My question is if the jacks were down with the ...
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Just about always put them down to stabilize the camper unless we are only at a site for a day. We have been through some pretty big wind storms including with trees coming down and I felt they helped reduced the side wind.
As a side note I've learned my lesson about camping in the forest with high winds being expected. It was a pretty scary night with banging going on all around us. Fortunately we only received a glancing blow by a medium size branch that didn't hurt anything. Some storms may be unavoidable but why take a chance. On the other hand, camping in the open by the water with winter storms is pretty fun. Just stay away from trees.
As a side note I've learned my lesson about camping in the forest with high winds being expected. It was a pretty scary night with banging going on all around us. Fortunately we only received a glancing blow by a medium size branch that didn't hurt anything. Some storms may be unavoidable but why take a chance. On the other hand, camping in the open by the water with winter storms is pretty fun. Just stay away from trees.
