Tie down anchor for wind

Passin Thru, you and your mule stories!

We just westhered a day and night of camping in 20+ sustained gusting to 40-50. Rocked us somebut knew it was coming and pcked a site with a little wind break. Still was scary for me. Dh and the kids loved the wind. Dog and I were glad down to 10 in am.

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.

Ivylog wrote:
Winds that topple parked trailers are called hurricanes or tornadoes. The first comes with plenty of warning and the other not much.
Using screw anchors to hold your awning down is a good idea.

Not true! We were heading to Myrtle Beach a few years ago for a quick weekend get-a-way. We were staying in a hotel for this trip. We stopped to get lunch and a torrential storm came out of no where... the point of the story is that during that storm, several campers were flipped over at Lakewood and Pirateland due to the winds. These campers were ocean front next to the creek thing in between the two campgrounds.

http://wpde.com/news/local/three-campers-flipped-by-strong-winds