Wind rocks the van... but how much wind can it take?!

[BeyondTheVan]

So we've all rocked to sleep in our vans from the wind (outdoor variety!) and often helped by a drop of booze. But how much wind can a parked up, high sided, vehicle take and how much can it rock before the rock becomes a tip over?

Obviously the answer here is every van is different but have many of you lay there in bed wondering just how much more of a gust your vehicle can take?

Mine's an LDV Luton van conversion. MGW 4500Kg and probably weighing (I say probably, I will weigh it once it's finished) nearly 3500Kg. If I drop my balcony (tail lift!) to the floor, it stabilizes it considerably. If I then park my Defender 90 on said tail lift, it hardly moves! I've designed some basic rear stabilizers to drop down when parked (it's a long drop if you forget the balcony is no longer there) to help out.


Thoughts?

Rich.

 

[jeffmossy]

But how much wind can a parked up, high sided, vehicle take and how much can it rock before the rock becomes a tip over?





Thoughts?

Rich.[/QUOTE]

Depends on how many Viagra tablets you have had..................:shag::have fun:

 

[n brown]

don't worry, it's just the body swaying, the chassis won't move,it's too heavy.


i wouldn't sleep opposite the cooker though !

 

[BeyondTheVan]

don't worry, it's just the body swaying, the chassis won't move,it's too heavy.

Sure does sway. You've confirmed what I thought might be the answer, nice to get another opinion though! Cheers!

Sways even more after a Famous Grouse.

 

[ashbyspannerman]

I was stationary on the slip road from the M25 onto the M11 northbound during the 'great storm' (we didn't have names for them then!) of '87, in front of me was a luton removal van, it was being buffeted about so much the driver decided to get out, just as it blew onto it's side!

 

[mitch7880]

wind

im sitting in 60 +winds tonight but moved my van head on still rocking but still safe and ime on the sea front

 

[2cv]

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[BeyondTheVan]

I was stationary on the slip road from the M25 onto the M11 northbound during the 'great storm' (we didn't have names for them then!) of '87, in front of me was a luton removal van, it was being buffeted about so much the driver decided to get out, just as it blew onto it's side!

And with that knowledge, the girlfriend will sleep well tonight

 

[Kontiki]

I remember seeing some pics a few years ago of vans blown over in Spain or Portugal. Had some uncomfortable nights ourselves if it does get windy I always try to point the van into the wind otherwise the buffeting can keep you awake. Never thought we have been in danger of being blown over but could see gusts being strong enough in the right circumstances.

 

[Chris356]

I once got blown off my feet by 120 kph winds lifted me 6 inches I was near the top of a mountain in Santa ponsa lodds of boats got washed inland and wrecked I had to get on the floor commando style back to the car and check my underwear

 

[toasty]

Some years back saw some poor sods van get blown over on Chesil beach, likily he wasnt in it at the time.

 

[ashbyspannerman]

I used to run around with a 15 foot 7 inch high trailer delivering either Phileas Fogg crisps or toilet rolls from Bowater Scotts, this time of year was not fun! Especially as I was usually driving from the north east to Scotland! Nowadays I get to be smug, most of my work is on the south coast and I pull a 4 metre trailer with an empty weight of 21 1/2 tonnes, no chance of me blowing over!

 

[RichardHelen262]

I used to run around with a 15 foot 7 inch high trailer delivering either Phileas Fogg crisps or toilet rolls from Bowater Scotts, this time of year was not fun! Especially as I was usually driving from the north east to Scotland! Nowadays I get to be smug, most of my work is on the south coast and I pull a 4 metre trailer with an empty weight of 21 1/2 tonnes, no chance of me blowing over!

About 9 or 10 years ago I was driving down the A1 from Scotland back home I pulled into the layby on the border to get a bite to eat from the snack bar, as I pulled in it had two large recovery trucks, police and a ambulance, as there was a forty footer on its side that had been blown over whilst the driver was asleep in his cab.

 

[maingate]

I used to run around with a 15 foot 7 inch high trailer delivering either Phileas Fogg crisps or toilet rolls from Bowater Scotts, this time of year was not fun! Especially as I was usually driving from the north east to Scotland! Nowadays I get to be smug, most of my work is on the south coast and I pull a 4 metre trailer with an empty weight of 21 1/2 tonnes, no chance of me blowing over!

Ah, Phileas Fogg. Sadly closed down now.

I did a bit of occasional contract work in the factory. Mind you, I am surprised anyone bought the product because I thought it was crap (even when I could pick it off the conveyors for free). :dance:

 

[antiquesam]

I was driving an empty 7.5 tonne curtainsider south towards Penrith the other year when I suddenly started running on just two wheels, even at about 30mph. A very scary sensation. Needless to say I stopped for the night at the Penrith Truckstop.

 

[witzend]

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This was a little to much Silves a few years ago