Pull in slides in wind?

[RVcrazy]

We are in Bullhead City in a wind storm. At what wind speed would you pull in your slides? Sustained or gusts? Thanks!

[camperforlife]

We once rode out a tornado in a hybrid, scary as he**! Obviously if we had warning it is not something we would have ever done. It was the scariest 4 minutes of my life. Many downed trees, a few trailers with roof damage, many damaged awnings.

It is not unusual to have 25-35 mph gusts where we live. Our Spree 261 RKS has a super slide and with those winds I've never even thought about bringing ion the slide.

[Us_out_West]

homefor2 wrote:
I'm on the beach at Lake Havasu and it's been howling since the wee hours of the morning. I'm glad I don't have slide toppers due to noise. I have no movement of the slides at all and didn't consider bringing them in. Our unit is very heavy. Maybe that's why it doesn't move.

:h

If you don't have slide toppers how do you know they are noisy?

Just saying......

Oh btw... and ours are not a noise issue.

[homefor2]

I'm on the beach at Lake Havasu and it's been howling since the wee hours of the morning. I'm glad I don't have slide toppers due to noise. I have no movement of the slides at all and didn't consider bringing them in. Our unit is very heavy. Maybe that's why it doesn't move.

[time2roll]

My slide stays out in all stationary conditions. I have no toppers or supports and have survived maybe 50 mph winds just fine.

[3oaks]

IF we did put them in how you going to function?

Depends on the floor plan. Some RVs are completely functional with the slides in. Granted, not very roomy, but still functional, and it's only a temporary situation.

[NC_Hauler]

StarkNaked wrote:
The one time that I had to bring the slide in because of the wind was because of the beating and flapping that the slide topper was taking. I didn't want it ripped off of the slide.

Mine " sounded " like they would tear off, but never did and that was with sustained winds of 60-65 mph, gust up to 90...Guess it depends on material of slide topper and how well they were installed maybe?

[StarkNaked]

The one time that I had to bring the slide in because of the wind was because of the beating and flapping that the slide topper was taking. I didn't want it ripped off of the slide.

[Cummins12V98]

rjxj wrote:

golf_bears wrote:
We were in Wall, SD in Oct. of 2013. Wind storm came in and the kitchen slide, which was facing the wind, was moving in and out by about 4". Closed the slide in a hurry. Not sure what the wind velocity was but at that point it didn't make any difference, we right in the middle of it. Storm lasted about 1/2 hour. To say the least, we were worried.

FOUR INCHES??? How can it have that much slop in it and still function? Mine is old school rack and pinion tracks so maybe it's different? This thing is pushed out solid against the side wall. You would have to roll this rig down a mountain to break the slide off. Is yours cables or what?

We were in 80 mph gusts and the top of our curb side slide would move in at least 1.5". It was a hell of a ride!!!

[Us_out_West]

Slides in? Not necessary...and we have toppers. Me thinks you have more stability with the slides out plus IF we did put them in how you going to function? So...a no brainer for us.

We have the wind here in Casa Grande like everywhere in the SW right now and the only things making noise are the 2 flags on the pole.

[bigred1cav]

To save your slide covers yes

[corvettekent]

We are in Indio, CA and the wind is blowing so much dust that it is hard to see the other trailers. Our slides are out, panels are up and the windsock is still hanging on. I did have to go pick up our chairs about 50 feet away this morning.

[2oldman]

I just pulled in my kitchen slide. Wind was lifting it. I'm rocking so much I'm getting seasick.

[NC_Hauler]

dons2346 wrote:
I pull my slides in to protect my slide toppers, I don't want them torn off.

In the 2 major wind storms we were in, all my slides had toppers, they made a lot of noise, but nothing happened to them. No damage of any kind.

[dons2346]

I pull my slides in to protect my slide toppers, I don't want them torn off.

[JWRoberts]

Never ever use slide supports, especially in high winds.

You should leave your slides out. The center of gravity will remain about the same, but the area around it will be greater. Thus more stability