Tie down anchor for wind
Never thought of it before but we are staying on a beach campground in North Carolina this summer for 1 week. Just saw some pics of trailers knocked over by wind. Anyone use anchors of any sort? And i...
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troubledwaters wrote:
If the wind is powerful enough to blow a RV over, nothing you can stick in the ground short of several thousands pounds of concrete is going to stop it.
They've been using tie-downs to anchor mobile homes for years, and what about power pole anchors? They're pretty much the same. Just a big auger that is screwed into the ground- uses the weight of the soil above as the ballast.
I just lived thru 2 nasty storms last week. 50+mph winds, thunderstorms, with hail. My trailer rocked a little... no tie downs, but would have been nice to have! If I'd had them I would have used big ratcheting straps thrown over the trailer.
