Bullet Lite Weight 34BIPR Wind?

[castra13]

Hello! New to the group and new to fulltiming it in the camper. We have a 34BIPR model of the bullet line. There's some winds coming in for the next few days with average winds being 25ish and gusts up to 50mph. We are in a campground with rigs on both sides and fully hooked up. Basically I'm freaking out with how it feels in the camper with all this wind and I'm hoping someone can tell me at what wind speed it's actually justified to start worrying? If that makes sense. Any experience or advice is very appreciated. Thank you so much!

[chuckster57]

I have a large fifth wheel. And in 2009 had an even bigger one. Stayed in a park in Wyoming overnite with steady 50MPH winds gusting to 70+ mph.

Yeah the trailer moved a little but never worried about it “flipping over”.

[sourdough]

You have a 38' long, 9400lb. gvwr trailer. You should be fine. Level and chock the trailer as it should be and have the electric stabilizers down and secure. If you have Xchocks or something similar to help with movement use them as well. I live in W TX and the wind speeds you are talking about are common and no worries. Just keep the awning in, hold onto the door going in/out, have the vents either closed or pulled down low, ground mats either staked down or removed and other lightweight things secured then plan a nice movie(s) to watch till it blows by or just go outside and enjoy it!

[castra13]

Okay perfect thank you for the information!

[castra13]

Thank you so much! That makes me feel so much better I just have a tendency to panic haha. I will follow all of the advice that applies and I'm feeling a lot more calm.

[TXiceman]

Those are sure some lite weight trailers. We full timed in a 40-foot 5er that the GVWR was 19,000 LB. And yes, it rocked in higher winds.

While in Colorado in the western Rockies, we did see one trailer (it a Lite series) that was parked in the parking lot, and just the front jacks down, that was blown over. It was unoccupied and the wind was a straight line wind estimated at 70 to 80 mph.

Ken

[Max23]

Have just a 27 footer and have been in gusts over 50. She wiggles a little but never been worried about her. Landing gear down and she's pretty stable.

[dutchmensport]

If the wind is blowing straight into the front (nose) of the camper, the camper can easily handle 100 mph winds (really). After all, on "average" the front of your camper is taking anything from 60 to 80 mph winds every time you get on the interstate. So if the winds are straight on, or straight from the rear, you camper can endure a huge wind.

Now, a side wind is another story. It's possible to topple over a camper at 30 mph and then others at 80 mph. It all depends upon how you have your camper set up.

I do know, if 50 mph winds caused RV's to topple over, everyone on on these forums would by crying aligater tears as everyone of us has been through some pretty high winds and cross winds in our past at some time.

Nothing to worry about. Falling tree and falling tree branches are a bigger threat!

[gearhead]

Fill up your water and waste tanks for a bit more low center of gravity help.