G_Hage
Active Member
As a newbie to large RV ownership, riding out the tropical storms and hurricanes in Florida are of great concern to us. We'd really hate to loose our fiver in the wind!
I've been told by my RV service tech "You always want to pull the slides in during one of these storms to make the unit safer." I've also been told "You want to leave them out because the RV will be more stable and harder to blow over." OK, now I'm confused! LOL
Part of my concern is that we are currently set up nosed to the east, and the prevailing winds seem to always hit us on the rear/curbside of the fiver. I can see the potential of taking broadside gust during one of these storm. Unfortunately all sites that are available in our park have the same orientation. My other concern is that because we store onsite (at our lot) we are required to disconnect the utilities and close the slides while not staying onsite. We typically are away for extended periods. So getting to the Fiver isn't easy in an emergency as we can be as far away as the west coast if a TS or hurricane suddenly blows up off of the coast.
So the 64K question is this, based on past experience with you long time RVers, about how much sustained wind speed or gust typically will blow a 38-41' fiver weighing 14-16K over on its side and destroy it. Left wondering if we have a snowball's chance during the hurricane season here in Florida! LOL I've even wondered if there is a way to tie the frame to the ground like the park models (and mobile homes).
Would really suck to loose this really nice unit!
I've been told by my RV service tech "You always want to pull the slides in during one of these storms to make the unit safer." I've also been told "You want to leave them out because the RV will be more stable and harder to blow over." OK, now I'm confused! LOL
Part of my concern is that we are currently set up nosed to the east, and the prevailing winds seem to always hit us on the rear/curbside of the fiver. I can see the potential of taking broadside gust during one of these storm. Unfortunately all sites that are available in our park have the same orientation. My other concern is that because we store onsite (at our lot) we are required to disconnect the utilities and close the slides while not staying onsite. We typically are away for extended periods. So getting to the Fiver isn't easy in an emergency as we can be as far away as the west coast if a TS or hurricane suddenly blows up off of the coast.
So the 64K question is this, based on past experience with you long time RVers, about how much sustained wind speed or gust typically will blow a 38-41' fiver weighing 14-16K over on its side and destroy it. Left wondering if we have a snowball's chance during the hurricane season here in Florida! LOL I've even wondered if there is a way to tie the frame to the ground like the park models (and mobile homes).
Would really suck to loose this really nice unit!