teaknme
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Made a trip to Fort Wilderness a few weeks ago, left VA on a Tuesday, stopped for the night in Waltersboro SC, up early the next morning and pulled into Fort Wilderness that afternoon (Wed). A perfect trip down for sure. Spent a week there and left for home the following Tuesday, just in time for the nor'easter moving up the coast! The wind issues started somewhere in Fl and kept with us all the way home to VA, it took us almost 4 days to make the trip home! I swore if we ever made it home I was going to put a 4 sale sign on the MOHO. I had to keep getting off of 95 because I was driving soooo sloooowwww and feared someone running into us, others were driving so fast, even other motorhomes, I know now they must have been diesels. My question, do travel trailers being towed have any issues in the wind?
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colochoclab
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teaknme wrote:My question, do travel trailers being towed have any issues in the wind?
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Yes indeed! Been there, done that!
Don't let the other vehicles on the road dictate your speed in such circumstances. You did good IMHO.
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George H
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Anything with a large frontal (or side) area is going to be impacted by major winds. If wind is strong enough for you to feel unsafe, pull over and enjoy the comforts of your home on wheels.
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Boy do I remember driving from Ga and SC with high winds on our gasser..Not pleasant but stay on right and the &*&&*() with everyone else.. You will get there in one piece.
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teaknme wrote:Made a trip to Fort Wilderness a few weeks ago, left VA on a Tuesday, stopped for the night in Waltersboro SC, up early the next morning and pulled into Fort Wilderness that afternoon (Wed). A perfect trip down for sure. Spent a week there and left for home the following Tuesday, just in time for the nor'easter moving up the coast! The wind issues started somewhere in Fl and kept with us all the way home to VA, it took us almost 4 days to make the trip home! I swore if we ever made it home I was going to put a 4 sale sign on the MOHO. I had to keep getting off of 95 because I was driving soooo sloooowwww and feared someone running into us, others were driving so fast, even other motorhomes, I know now they must have been diesels. My question, do travel trailers being towed have any issues in the wind?
Glad to be home!
93 Class A Four Winds XL
I know I'm driving in the wind but the fiver doesn't blow all over the place.
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crickeydog
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FWIW: Why drive into a noreaster in the first place? Everyone who turned on a TV that week knew it was going to happen from the Carolina's to Maine. IMHO: We'd have simply stayed somewhere in Fl. a couple of extra day's and let the storm blow over! I don't do storms when we're towing. As for your question; anything tow'ed is affected by wind if you get enough of it.
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teaknme
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crickeydog wrote:FWIW: Why drive into a noreaster in the first place? Everyone who turned on a TV that week knew it was going to happen from the Carolina's to Maine. IMHO: We'd have simply stayed somewhere in Fl. a couple of extra day's and let the storm blow over! I don't do storms when we're towing. As for your question; anything tow'ed is affected by wind if you get enough of it.
Hapy camping!!! See ya'll down the road!!!
Oh we knew it was happening, we just thought we would be behind it, not in it. It turned out to be a very slow moving storm, or at least it seemed that way to me. We also needed to get home for work related stuff. We sure didn't see the brunt of the storm, but got the wind and some rain. The wind gusts were probably no more then 25-30 in some areas. At home the wind gusts were more like 70 and glad I was no where near that!
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Travel trailers are not near as bad. Ive pulled my 5er in 30mph side winds and felt pretty solid. While the TT gets pushed back and forth just as your motorhome, its not so bad because your not setting in it. You might have to keep an eye on it to make sure its not in one lane and your in the other, but still not as scarry. JMO
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It's ALWAYS the best driving when winds are light or dead calm but they handle quite a bit of wind if you've got a deep enough wallet to keep the tow vehicle fed. Two years ago traveling home from the RGV we hit Headwinds around Waco Texas and faced 40 MPH winds right on the nose all the way home. The old F-150 was getting MPG down in the 5s and spent a fair amount of time flat on the floor just maintaining 65 MPH. NO sooner got home than the winds turned around from the south now and I could probably have hung a towel on the antennae for a sail and coasted home. Go figure
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Fifthwheels are much better in the wind than some class A gassers, and bumper pull trailers. I couldn't believe how well our fiver did in the wind the first time I drove it. You don't feel it in the truck, but you do see the back end lightly swinging a few inches in the mirrors. It's because the hitch is over the trucks wheels giving it more stability.
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