What wind speed will tip a pvc over?

[berni109]

Very exposed position up above woolacombe on Thursday night at the height of the storm blowing through. If I had parked side on I would have been more worried.
They stopped the nearby wind turbines so it must have been strong.

 

[Podney]

300mph.

 

[berni109]

300mph.

Was that wind tunnel tested?

 

[Colintheolder]

At Braemar last year, 93 mph. pulled in my 4 slide outs on the 5th wheeler, no problems.
More worried about furniture hitting me.
3 days later was -14 c. survived that too

 

[Brains]

Head to wind you are OK at 200 mph as long as it's not gusting.
Sideways a van can 'hop' in anything above 40-50 mph, especially if it's gusting.

Always park head to wind if you can, and fill up your water tanks !

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[Garfields]

Not ever herd of a PVC being blown over while stationary
I'm sure there is potential if driving during a storm though

 

[Jaws]

I had an empty transit high parked up in October 1987 during the massive winds.. We was in Corfu so missed all the fun
The massive 1960's 4 seater garden swing chair had blown over a 4ft fence in to next doors garden, the 6ft fence on the other side was gone ( never did find all the panels ! ) but the van was fine.. 86mph winds recorded on the weather station in the radio shack

 

[PhilMary]

Did Autotrail buy that van to make a campervan?
Phil

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

I can remember while heading south on my nightly Glasgow/ Lymm return trip in my lorry back in 1999 (which had been a particularly mild but very windy winter) the wind had been gusting to 90mph or more, on the M6 around Jctn 38 - 40 there was lorry after lorry which had been blown over.
I past two lorries which had been blown over on the northbound carrageway which looked so close together you could have stood between them and almost touched both which I thought was rather strange.
On my return journey I had a look as I drove past the stricken vehicles and it became clear that both had been parked up on the hard shoulder and blown over. It was a rather hairy journey that night, one of many that winter which had my bum clinging onto my seat Never underestimate the power of the wind

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

Not sure if this is what your referring to but I don't intend parking that close to the back end of a 747 (even if it if free and view spectacular)

If those engines have enough power to push a 300 ton fully laden aircraft along the ground at 200 mph a 3.5 ton van would be nothing to it

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[Larrynwin]

I know the feeling every night

 

[Wildweasle]

If those engines have enough power to push a 300 ton fully laden aircraft along the ground at 200 mph a 3.5 ton van would be nothing to it

These idiots never learn

If those engines have enough power to push a 300 ton fully laden aircraft along the ground at 200 mph a 3.5 ton van would be nothing to it

These idiots never learn

 

[nicholsong]

These idiots never learn

These idiots never learn

I do not know the reason that there are not 'blast fences', which direct the blast from horizontal to vertical.' at St. Maarten. Probably because of the overun in the opposite direction.

Geoff

 

[Wildweasle]

I do not know the reason that there are not 'blast fences', which direct the blast from horizontal to vertical.' at St. Maarten. Probably because of the overun in the opposite direction.

Geoff

Possibly because of the turbulence it would create at ground level, thus causing unstable air at ground level for following aircraft, I did have tables for this in my day, long gone along with much of my grey matter now!!

 

[autorouter]

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[Gromett]

A vehicle in motion will tip easier than one stationary.
A motorhome is likely to have a much greater mass than a panel van.

 

[Gromett]

You may find this interesting.

 

[poppycamper]

This really

You may find this interesting.

Very exposed position up above woolacombe on Thursday night at the height of the storm blowing through. If I had parked side on I would have been more worried.
They stopped the nearby wind turbines so it must have been strong.

This really is a "how long is a piece of string" question. Too many variants.

 

[poppycamper]

Wind tu

Very exposed position up above woolacombe on Thursday night at the height of the storm blowing through. If I had parked side on I would have been more worried.
They stopped the nearby wind turbines so it must have been strong.

Wind turbines are turned off at wind speeds of 65mph!!!

 

[Reallyretired]

During the 80s storm a Transit was blown over near where I was living at the time. It may have been empty, I dont know

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[Gromett]

This really


This really is a "how long is a piece of string" question. Too many variants.

Read the PDF I linked. It should put most peoples mind to rest

 

[Gromett]

Wind tu

Wind turbines are turned off at wind speeds of 65mph!!!

Wind turbines are a lot taller and are actually designed to capture the wind. Not really a useful metric.

 

[poppycamper]

Totally agree Just replying to OPs comments about turbines being stopped !!!

Wind turbines are a lot taller and are actually designed to capture the wind. Not really a useful metric.

 

[Coolcats]

Head to wind you are OK at 200 mph as long as it's not gusting.
Sideways a van can 'hop' in anything above 40-50 mph, especially if it's gusting.

Always park head to wind if you can, and fill up your water tanks !

I know I can drive quickly but even on the track I won't be able to get the Van anywhere near 200 Mph so im OK

 

[berni109]

Thank you Gromett looks like upto 130mph and should be ok although I hope I never experience any thing like that.

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[leggings]

Very exposed position up above woolacombe on Thursday night at the height of the storm blowing through. If I had parked side on I would have been more worried.
They stopped the nearby wind turbines so it must have been strong.

They stop windmills to prevent overload on the system wind will not damage a windmill.

 

[lorger]

I just put the wife on the side the winds coming from, acts as a good ballast

 

[AXO66]

Interesting....

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[ValkyrIe]

They stop windmills to prevent overload on the system wind will not damage a windmill.

That’s not true, if the wind is too strong and it isn’t shutdown then the turbine will over speed and fail catastrophically. There are some good videos on YouTube of turbines falling apart in high winds.

 

[leggings]

That’s not true, if the wind is too strong and it isn’t shutdown then the turbine will over speed and fail catastrophically. There are some good videos on YouTube of turbines falling apart in high winds.

Shouldn’t have opened my mouth as I’m no expert.

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