Rpod moved in high winds...

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   I also have experienced wind issues.  Came within a mile of a tornado several years back in AL, and here in TN, we get some extreme thunderstorms.  I don't think you did anything wrong, but there may be a couple things you could have done too.  One I agree, that when heavy winds are forecasted (heavy, not breezy) I hook up the TV.  Secondly if hooking up TV is not an option, I pull the ebrake pin.  If battery is connected that locks the brakes.  The stabilizers will not keep trailer from moving in high winds.  If it moves the front jack can fall off blocks.  Happy that is all that was damaged.  I lost a 16', dual axle, flatbed off my hill here in TN a few summers back, it blew off and went down the hill.

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mcarter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419	Topic: Rpod moved in high winds... Posted: 03 Jan 2020 at 12:04pm
	I also have experienced wind issues. Came within a mile of a tornado several years back in AL, and here in TN, we get some extreme thunderstorms. I don't think you did anything wrong, but there may be a couple things you could have done too. One I agree, that when heavy winds are forecasted (heavy, not breezy) I hook up the TV. Secondly if hooking up TV is not an option, I pull the ebrake pin. If battery is connected that locks the brakes. The stabilizers will not keep trailer from moving in high winds. If it moves the front jack can fall off blocks. Happy that is all that was damaged. I lost a 16', dual axle, flatbed off my hill here in TN a few summers back, it blew off and went down the hill.
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tcj Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 Jul 2018 Location: Central WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 141	Posted: 03 Jan 2020 at 11:43am
	On the Wind River Ranger District in Southwest Washington State in 1974 the Red Mountain lookout recorded steady 90 mph East winds one weekend. A contract snag faller in the Yacolt burn had a camp trailer parked on a ridge top. He went home for that weekend. When he came back to work Monday morning he found the wind had blown the trailer off the ridge down into the drainage below.
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tcj Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 Jul 2018 Location: Central WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 141	Posted: 03 Jan 2020 at 11:29am
	Park on the leeward side of a building if possible. If not, park the trailer headed into the wind.
	2018 R-pod 180 Hood River Edition

mjlrpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1221	Posted: 03 Jan 2020 at 10:35am
	I camped this past october at the beach and we had 45-50+ gusts, and 30+ sustained winds for 2 days. I have a 195, which is several hundred pounds heavier, but is bigger and catches more wind. We arrived at the site late at night. We soon went to bed and Quite frankly, we got a little nervous. We had many a moment that we thought the camper might move. It didn't and the weather improved. I guess maybe the safe bet for you, being lighter, and in stronger winds, leave the tow vehicle hooked up to the camper if you aren't needing to go anywhere.
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TacoTuesday Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 Oct 2019 Location: Temecula CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 03 Jan 2020 at 9:39am
	We recently had extreme Santa Ana winds here in So. Calif. (60+ mph) and my 179 got blown around. I had forward and rear wheel chocks in, all 4 stabilizer jacks down, and the hitch jack down on a stack of plastic leveling blocks. When I got up in the morning, the wheel chocks had moved, the plastic leveling blocks under the hitch jack were GONE so the hitch jack was suspended in the air, and the whole Rpod was resting on the front right stabilizer. The back two were up in the air useless, and the front left one was mangled from the Rpod moving around. I ran and got my truck hooked up to it to support it, and ordered a replacement scissor jack. The other 3 jacks were just fine. So, what did I do wrong? I thought I had it set up just fine, but we do get strong winds occasionally this time of year, and I don’t want to worry about it happening again... I just got my 179 in October, so I don’t have a lot of experience with it. Thanks for any advice 😊