On our old rig we had winds of 60-70 push the top of the hydralic slide in a couple of inches at the top and we were hit broadside by a 90mph wind gust once. The rig was fine on the 90, and we had the tanks full which we do when tornatic winds are expected, but the gust was after the storm went by and the sun was up so we were shocked and I have no idea what the slides did. Even with tie downs I don't keep the awning out in winds higher than 20mph. On the old rig I wouldn't put them out even then, but we had to replace the old awning due to old age and hardly used it. These I'm going to use and replace them if necessary. Just don't leave them out and leave the rig.
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