What are your high wind stories?
Given the morphing of the rollover story and the interest. I thought a high wind story thread might be fun. We've had some high wind in the area and while I've been camping. According to the weat...
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This was my first year heading to burning man in 2008. I was pulling a 23' TT behind my 1st gen dodge D350 DRW but the transmission blew half way through the trip and we scrambled to rent a uhaul and continue on. The next day we got stuck in traffic on the way into the event when a major wind storm hit.
I was already in a bad mood because I was now looking at the cost of the transmission rebuild and had been driving a uhaul with NO trailer brakes that was overloaded. While stopped in traffic I decided to get out and get into the trailer for some reason. I opened the door just when a major gust hit... and it ripped the door apart where the hinges attached. It cleanly pulled the entire hinge side wood frame off.
I was in shock standing on the edge of the desert now holding my trailer door in my hands wondering WTF just happened. I dropped the door inside the trailer and had to get moving with traffic again. My buddy jumped into the trailer and using plastic bags and tape attempted to block the doorway... in the middle of a wind storm. This was not in any way successful and after 45 minutes of fighting tape, plastic, and wind mother nature had deposited a large amount of dust all over the insides of my new-to-me trailer.
When we got in we had to wait in another staging area for a couple of hours and during that time I managed to glue my door back together. Luckily I had a box of various glues and some clamps handy. Using epoxy putty and a couple of other adhesives I reassembled the door. A couple of hours later we mounted the door back on it's hinges and it has been working well ever since.
I was already in a bad mood because I was now looking at the cost of the transmission rebuild and had been driving a uhaul with NO trailer brakes that was overloaded. While stopped in traffic I decided to get out and get into the trailer for some reason. I opened the door just when a major gust hit... and it ripped the door apart where the hinges attached. It cleanly pulled the entire hinge side wood frame off.
I was in shock standing on the edge of the desert now holding my trailer door in my hands wondering WTF just happened. I dropped the door inside the trailer and had to get moving with traffic again. My buddy jumped into the trailer and using plastic bags and tape attempted to block the doorway... in the middle of a wind storm. This was not in any way successful and after 45 minutes of fighting tape, plastic, and wind mother nature had deposited a large amount of dust all over the insides of my new-to-me trailer.
When we got in we had to wait in another staging area for a couple of hours and during that time I managed to glue my door back together. Luckily I had a box of various glues and some clamps handy. Using epoxy putty and a couple of other adhesives I reassembled the door. A couple of hours later we mounted the door back on it's hinges and it has been working well ever since.
