I'm just looking for advice from anyone with a trailer tent / folding camper. We have a pennine Pathfinder we bought last year and we are loving taking it out, we have only had weekends and will soon be taking it for a longer holiday. The rain is fine and the camper isn't showing any signs of leaks. However I was wandering what people had as precautions if the weather and wind turned really bad and how these campers cope in a storm. My parents have given me s storm strap for the awning which is just in with the gas bottle, but dose anyone take anything for the camper, or has anyone experienced a bad storm when out in there trailer tent / folding camper
We had a Pennine Pullman and it survived a couple of really wild wind nights on the West Coast if Scotland. It will be a bit noisy as the canvas flaps in the wind but should be OK otherwise, especially if you use storm straps on the awning and use all the guys you can!
We had a pennine pullman and we’re in Yorkshire in 60+mile winds, had 3 storm straps on the awning, it was a little bit hairy to say the least for a couple of days but the camper etc survived intact, I have to say not sure I would want a repeat performance though as it certainly gave us food for thought lol
thank you at kpnuts81 and at Lukeledge for letting me know your experience with these campers and bad weather. I have ordered a second storm strap for the awning and will just keep them both in the front of the camper. We only really were planning on using it May through to October
When we had our Pathfinder we had to endure two really bad storms on the West coast of Scotland, one we had the awning up with storm straps, the other not.
The worst thing without doubt is the noise, and funnily enough the wardrobe moving as if was going to fall off it's perch.
Absolutely knackered after both of these nights.
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Web endured many a storm with our Pullman on the Continent ... can sound and feel a bit alarming ... but all stayed intact.
When rigging your storm strap be sure to put the strap over the knuckles at the upright/roof pole joints, so that the pressure is taken vertically down the upright ... don't put it across unsupported parts of the roof poles.
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Topic: Pennine pathfinder in stormy weather
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