Tie down anchor for wind

[Cdaddy]

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

[Cocky_Camper]

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

[Cocky_Camper]

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.

[Jframpey]

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.

[Sillybugs2]

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.

[Lwiddis]

Passin Thru, you and your mule stories!

[limitswitch]

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..... 🙂

[BizmarksMom]

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.

[Lwiddis]

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.

[Passin_Thru]

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.

[nevadanick]

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

[BizmarksMom]

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.

[nevadanick]

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.

[RPreeb]

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.

[BizmarksMom]

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.)