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#11 Scott81621

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Posted 09 August 2020 - 08:14 PM

We had 60+ mile a hour winds with our Fleet.  I had the front corner pointed into the wind and that helped, but was still worried!  I popped the front side down, so the wind flowed over the roof and that worked great.  My wife slept east-west in the bed (she is smalller) and I slept on the converted dinnet.  It was an inconvience but doable.  

I an looking at options to lock the hinged pannel now as that was my biggest fear.  Getting crushed while I sleep would not be fun!


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#12 Jeff Wright

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Posted 05 October 2020 - 02:47 PM

Has anybody tried putting a tie down, bungee, or rope around the entire circumference of the soft portion of the camper? I’ve had some windy nights too and it’s the flapping that makes the most noise. It seems like adding a little tension to the whole show might make things quieter.

My loudest night wasn’t from wind but a miserable night camping on the Mcloud in Northern California in an absolute non stop downpour. Each raindrop sounded like it was a one inch ball bearing as it hit the aluminum roof skin on the Bobcat a foot and a half from my head. Earplugs didn’t help the frustration. At about 2 am I’d finally had it. I had a 12 foot tarp and folded to about the size of the cab over portion. I rolled a folding chair into each end of it (think of a scroll) and one in the middle giving some airspace between the roof and the tarp. The tarp absorbed the impact and with the airspace didn’t pass it to the aluminum.
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#13 Kolockum

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Posted 05 October 2020 - 10:49 PM

Has anybody tried putting a tie down, bungee, or rope around the entire circumference of the soft portion of the camper? I’ve had some windy nights too and it’s the flapping that makes the most noise. It seems like adding a little tension to the whole show might make things quieter.

 

I believe several people have done this to help with fabric management while lowering the camper.

 

 

My loudest night wasn’t from wind but a miserable night camping on the Mcloud in Northern California in an absolute non stop downpour. Each raindrop sounded like it was a one inch ball bearing as it hit the aluminum roof skin on the Bobcat a foot and a half from my head. Earplugs didn’t help the frustration. 

 

I have had that happen with a night of rain/hail before. I crammed my ear plugs as deep as I could then wrapped a pillow around my head. Was not the most pleasant night. I did think about putting a thick wool blanket on the roof, figured once it soaked up the water the mass would help quiet things down. Never tried it because I did not want to get out in the hail.


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#14 camelracer

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Posted 06 October 2020 - 07:54 PM

I love the sound of the rain and the wind buffeting the camper. I just lay there and think I could be doing this in a tent right now.


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Posted 06 October 2020 - 09:59 PM

Nothing like rolling over in a tent and feeling something squishy :)


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Posted 07 October 2020 - 12:38 AM

Nothing like rolling over in a tent and feeling something squishy :)

That was me in Phillips Cyn in the Calicos a very long time ago. AND I had dug a drainage cut around the tent! Decreed after that night that one requirement of future vehicles was that I could sleep at least semi-comfortably inside them.


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