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High Wind
Checked in to the Ridge section of Mountain Falls for our 5th thanksgiving here. Sustained winds of 30 last night with bad gusts. Like a storm at sea.
all kidding aside, anyone with facts on what wind speed it takes to flip a bus?
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Don’t know, but was glad heading back from the Texas Gulf Coast to Central Texas and the wind gusting to 45 or 50 mph and always seemed to be hitting from the side, I wasn’t in my Holliday Rambler I used to own. These are solid drivers for sure. I would have and did when I owned the Rambler, had pulled over and waited for wind to die down.
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Many years ago we were parked in the downtown St. Louis RV park and had 70 MPH sustained winds hitting us broadside. One of the worst nights we ever had in a coach. Our satellite dish was banging on the roof and the coach rocked so bad I eventually let all the air from the air bags out. It helped a little with the rocking, but the bus still was moving around.
That morning the interstate was shut down because the large iron electric transmission towers had collapsed from the winds laying power lines across all lanes of the interstate. It was scary, but no damage.
I never want to find out how hard it has to blow to lay a coach over on its side.
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Two years ago in Nebraska we were heading to Glacier NP when a tornado was spotted just north of us. Winds hit 60mph (over 160mph at tornado) and we evacuated to the concrete shelter. Only time we had to leave the bus. Upon return to the bus, no exterior or interior damage was sustained.
But like Jon, I’d rather not test the limits of when the windows would blow out or flying debris comes they one of the windows.
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On my trip back from Austin, TX on May 3&4 (this was my maiden voyage) I hit some terrible weather with rain and 50 mph gusts and being at night didn’t help either. It was also the night of the living 18 wheelers!
As I’ve said on other posts I was amazed how the bus held the road, how terrific the lights were and how the wipers cleared the windshield. I’m by no means an expert on the subject but I can’t think of driving anything else under such conditions!
Harry
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Glad to know we weren’t anywhere near the limits. Pretty scary none the less!
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Last winter we had some 60mph gusts in Fort Belvoir. We rocked a bit but were fine. Even the pull behinds held fast. My worst fear was to have Randy and his pull behind jayco fly around and hit our rig. Standard procedure to tie down all the external stuff and ride it out.
on the road, Pam and I are of the mind to pull off and ride out a huge blow parked. No reservation is worth the chance of getting knocked over. While I feel we are in a pretty solid ride for gusty conditions, its the fact that we’ll be on a road with other vehicles that might not be so well off. Box vans, other motorhomes, 5th wheels, pull behinds & big rigs are all susceptible. Do I want to chance pushing it based on the hope the others can deal with it…Nope!
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Totally agree
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