How Much Wind Can the ATC/FWC Take ?
#1
Posted 03 October 2010 - 04:22 PM
My winter fishing love, Pyramid Lake north of Sparks can at times reach some very serious winds and gust. This will be my first season not in a tent....... WAHOOOOOO
Thanks for reading
#2
Posted 03 October 2010 - 05:05 PM
Oh, and on a somewhat funny note. Last weekend I was up on highway 88 and as I was driving east a pop up type camper other that a 4 wheel or ATC was coming west with the top fully popped up. Its not good to say, but it did look kind of funny as it was sort of bouncing up and down. I would have tried to say something, but I was heading uphill and he was gone before I realized what I was looking at.
Have fun and be safe out there.
Darryl
#3
Posted 03 October 2010 - 05:34 PM
I know I've told friends that my FWC Hawk can withstand 60mph winds...but it's possible I was just pulling that number out of my asx.
This isn't your question, but to add to the pop-up deployment in high winds comment:
I've had problems lowering the top in high winds, similar to the raising problem that Darryla posted. Mainly the problem was that the sides weren't pulled in by the bungees when I dropped the roof 'cause the wind was inflating the camper -- pushing the sides out. I had to manually tuck the sides in -- it was kinda like a hernia, if you can picture that.
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#4
Posted 03 October 2010 - 05:49 PM
#5
Posted 03 October 2010 - 06:18 PM
I have to admit, though, that I'll move down to the lower bed if the camper is whipping around too much in the wind for sleeping.
BTW, that little photo of my rig off to the left was taken on the shores of Pyramid Lake. No wind but it was about 15 degrees that morning.
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#6
Posted 03 October 2010 - 08:14 PM
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#7
Posted 03 October 2010 - 09:09 PM
Last year at the Eureka, Colorado WTW get together I would imagine the gusts were at least that high during the overnight thunderstorms, took my screen tent over a 1/2 mile away...
That was a rough night... The thunder & lightning that evening was quite memorable too!
I've spent one night in worse winds than that, last March near Moab. We were up on Hwy 313, leading to Island in the Sky, and we probably should have used better judgement and just grabbed a room in town. But I was curious as to how the camper would do in extreme winds. We made it through the night but it was like sleeping on a water-bed on a boat at sea. Constant whipping & swaying all night. It boosted my confidence in the camper, but we hardly slept due to all of the noise & motion.
I seem to remember Tom Hanagan telling me he once accidentally left the top up on a camper and drove down the interstate at 60+mph for several miles before realizing the top was up. He said there was no damage, but he didn't recommend anyone try it.
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#8
Posted 04 October 2010 - 03:35 AM
I've experienced gusts to 60 mph in the Guadalupes.
(Off topic, but)
When I was in the Guadalupes the forecasted wind was just over 100 mph, I think it was 105 or 110.
Wish I would have taken a photo of the forecast, as you do not see that very often.
Sleeping in the rig that night the rocking felt more like a boat than a parked pickup.
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Posted 04 October 2010 - 03:47 AM
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