Tie down anchor for wind

If you have not been camping and been caught in a stout wind, you are just not camping enough. :)

We even had to take shelter during a tornado warning in the wash house once.

I would say that it is not unusual to catch a day or two of 25 to 35 mph gusts.

I am sure the TX and OK folk chuckle when we complain about such mild breezes.

In answer to the OPs question, I am with the group that believes that tie downs would be of little help in a wind strong enough to flip a TT.

In high winds, pull in your slides, face the trailer into the wind if you can, and hunker down. If the wind is too strong for that to work, just save yourself and get into the truck, or the campground bathroom (yes, even if that bathroom is a smelly vault toilet.)

Cdaddy wrote:
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 if so looking for suggestions

The winter winds we get here in NE Colorado often approach hurricane force. Our Jay Feather is parked in the lot next to the house, and gets the direct force of our typical storm winds out of the southeast, and it hasn't budged, even though the stabilizers aren't deployed.

It takes a real event to knock over a parked TT. It's more likely to go over when towing in a high crosswind. Those are the ones that get semis too. The trailer is pretty hard to blow over when parked with stabilizers out in any "normal" wind, even blowing 50+ mph.

A freinds new Jayco Flight was just blown over yesterday. It did a complete roll and was on its wheels. It was setup with slide out.

nevadanick wrote:
A freinds new Jayco Flight was just blown over yesterday. It did a complete roll and was on its wheels. It was setup with slide out.

Was it caught in that windstorm that went through Nevada and Utah? I drove through the night to get home before that hit.

Yes, they were camped north of Reno near Honey Lake. Lucky noone was in it.

When I lived in Ok our neighbors mule blew by and the plow was in the ground. The only thing between there and Canada is a barb wire fence and it blew down. Never tie down our Arctic Fox. It weighs in at 9K.

Pretty fair wind at Tuttle Creek, a BLM CG near Lone Pine, CA, Thursday, April 6, but no one was blown over. Parked and movng down the road are two different animals.

nevadanick wrote:
Yes, they were camped north of Reno near Honey Lake. Lucky noone was in it.

Yikes! I am so glad nobody was hurt. My friend and I checked the forecast, stocked up on Mt. Dew and candy, and traded off driving as we motored north up 93.

We got stuck in a bad sandstorm in Mojave NP. With the slide pulled in, we got through it in good shape.

Passin Thru wrote:
When I lived in Ok our neighbors mule blew by and the plow was in the ground. The only thing between there and Canada is a barb wire fence and it blew down. Never tie down our Arctic Fox. It weighs in at 9K.

Great Post!!!!! sometimes it is true..... :)