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Section 1: Emplacing a Trailer
When you pick your land find a spot about three quarters of the way up a ridge above where flash floods can reach but below the crest on the Eastern or Southeastern side to avoid the brunt of storms and winds. I love backhoes, they're useful for so many purposes and can be rented fairly cheaply for short periods of time compared to hiring someone to do the job for you who takes four weeks and botches it anyway. First dig a hollow into the side of the ridge using the backhoe. It needs to be long and wide enough that your trailer can be backed in and only expose one side to the open, make sure your door is here otherwise getting in or out will become tiresome. While you're at it if you have any time left on the rental knock down any trees close enough to fall onto your trailer, it's easier than a chainsaw. Don't get rid of them either they have uses.
Section 2: The Chainsaw is an ART!!!
Now that the trailer is in place it's time to make is safe. You have uprooted trees, tree trunks are fairly strong, much more so than the chinsy side or roof of a trailer. They didn't cost you much either, rejoice. Now is where the chainsaw enters the picture, oh and a posthole augur is good too but the second is not strictly necessary. Take the chainsaw and section one or more of the trees into 4 to 6 deadmen that should weight at least 250 pounds (I say at least 500 but I'm a pessimist). Now steel cable goes around these deadmen in pairs like a giant pair of nunchuks. The cable gets draped over the roof of the trailer padded by old tires and the deadmen get buried until it's reasonably tight. This should keep your trailer from lifting off under most circumstances.
Now Your Trailer is MOSTLY SAFE!!!!!
!!Yay
You're still vulnerable to a direct hit just like about anything short of a well-built bunker. But tornadoes very seldom make a direct hit mostly damage is either via debris smacking the place, a toppling tree (aren't we glad that was taken care of) or wind tearing off the roof. Now you're sheltered from wind and objects on most sides, have a hill between you and prevailing winds or direct exposure to storms in most of the continental US. The hurricane cables should keep your roof on or the trailer from deciding to perform an impromptu Wizard of Oz tribute.
Section 1: Emplacing a Trailer
When you pick your land find a spot about three quarters of the way up a ridge above where flash floods can reach but below the crest on the Eastern or Southeastern side to avoid the brunt of storms and winds. I love backhoes, they're useful for so many purposes and can be rented fairly cheaply for short periods of time compared to hiring someone to do the job for you who takes four weeks and botches it anyway. First dig a hollow into the side of the ridge using the backhoe. It needs to be long and wide enough that your trailer can be backed in and only expose one side to the open, make sure your door is here otherwise getting in or out will become tiresome. While you're at it if you have any time left on the rental knock down any trees close enough to fall onto your trailer, it's easier than a chainsaw. Don't get rid of them either they have uses.
Section 2: The Chainsaw is an ART!!!
Now that the trailer is in place it's time to make is safe. You have uprooted trees, tree trunks are fairly strong, much more so than the chinsy side or roof of a trailer. They didn't cost you much either, rejoice. Now is where the chainsaw enters the picture, oh and a posthole augur is good too but the second is not strictly necessary. Take the chainsaw and section one or more of the trees into 4 to 6 deadmen that should weight at least 250 pounds (I say at least 500 but I'm a pessimist). Now steel cable goes around these deadmen in pairs like a giant pair of nunchuks. The cable gets draped over the roof of the trailer padded by old tires and the deadmen get buried until it's reasonably tight. This should keep your trailer from lifting off under most circumstances.
Now Your Trailer is MOSTLY SAFE!!!!!
!!YayYou're still vulnerable to a direct hit just like about anything short of a well-built bunker. But tornadoes very seldom make a direct hit mostly damage is either via debris smacking the place, a toppling tree (aren't we glad that was taken care of) or wind tearing off the roof. Now you're sheltered from wind and objects on most sides, have a hill between you and prevailing winds or direct exposure to storms in most of the continental US. The hurricane cables should keep your roof on or the trailer from deciding to perform an impromptu Wizard of Oz tribute.
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