DrGrenelle
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On our maiden voyage, we took our brand new Artic Fox 30' to the Pacific West Coast over the Veteran's Day weekend. We had no idea there was a front moving in and that we would experience heavy rain and winds gusting to 70 mph. We spent Saturday & Sunday nights in the rig, -- on Sunday night we prayed it wouldn't be blown over. The side facing the seawall (and the source of the 70 mph wind and rain) sustained some leakage from around the windows, the hood vent, furnace vent, and the ceiling from around the television antenna even though we have never used it. The blocks under leveling jacks and chocks between wheels all blew into the next campsite. Despite these minor concerns, it was a really great trip. We've been told that regardless of the wind we should not have had leakage anywhere. What do you think?
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USAFBILL
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I think you were told right,,,,should not have leaks anywhere, even at 70mph. If that was true you could never drive in the rain IMO.
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jameswb1
Danville alabama
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No leakage should occur. Take it back to the dealer.
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creeper
Richmond Hill, Georgia
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Point her into the wind next time.
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sue.t
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It's not uncommon to drive 60 mph in the rain ... so if you had leaks while sitting in 70 mph winds in the rain, I'm thinking you might have issues while driving the highway in the rain too.
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old guy
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I bet from now on, if you camping that will be the first thing you check, is the weather.
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brirene
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USAFBILL wrote:I think you were told right,,,,should not have leaks anywhere, even at 70mph. If that was true you could never drive in the rain IMO.
agree with that. Also agree with the advice to take it back to the dealer; if it leaks now, it won't seal itself and you'll be dealing with it again (and again).
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dadwolf2
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From what I saw on the news, the Pacific Northwest received some really strong winds up in the 90's in some areas. On some windows there are condensation vents at the bottom and I could imagine some water entering the hood vent in those conditions. I would still take your RV to the dealer to get checked out but I bet most trailers would have had some problems in those conditions.
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edfoxx68
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I've been in many storms in my RV's over the years so I know what that was like. We've had cheapie TT's, mid range, upper mid range TT's and I don't care what anyone tells you they will all leak at some point in their life.
But if you got more than just a small leak in horizontal rain that's a
problem you'll need to take care of soon.
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Gale Hawkins
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 Ed most likely you will not be traveling sideways at 60 MPH (if you are leaks will be your least of concerns). I agree there should be NO roof leaks but if rain actually came through and not from around the other opens then that could be a one time event. If it came from "around" but not through then you need to get the other sides resealed as well because it was not built in a manner to keep out water. I think if I was ordering a new one I would skip the roof mounted antennas because they put many holes in a perfectly good roof plus I did not watch TV.
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