4 seasons hatch travelling open or shut?

Keep them shut. They aren't that robust.

If you are worried about dust get a pressure hatch fitted.

Friend of mine forgot to shut it Cost about $65 for the front section on its own.

Technically it is illegal to tape up the door as if you get a gas leak and you smoke you may burn more than your eyebrows when you open the door.

LOL

Our first van was a Windsor back in 1980, we dragged that van over all the dirt roads through the then Hamersley Ranges, we also dragged it up the Great Northern Hi/way, between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek the road was atrocious, anyone who remembers the road back then will appreciate how bad it was. To keep the dust out we opened up the front section of the 4 seasons vent of the front vent, (we had two, one at the back and one at the front) I remember when we got to Halls creek we pulled into the caravan park to find everyone else pulling out all their stuff, cushions the lot to get rid of the dust. I took one look and told hubby I didn't want to go in the van after seeing what we were looking at. When I did go in there was no dust to be seen, the only problem we had was a couple broken eggs in the fridge. I was so grateful, it was the front vent that had pressurised the van. I will add that it was many years ago and those vans were a lot stronger than they are today. I don't think we would be game to leave the vents open on our current van.

Cheers

D

Hi
We have two hatches on our roof, the wind is too strong to have the front vent of the front hatch open. We open the front vent of the rear hatch which is behind the a/c unit on the roof, so is protected fron the strong wind conditions.
We have never covered the door vent, and never had any trouble with dust in the van in 10 yrs.
Cheers
Neil

Hi Graeme,

We have 2 - 4 seasons hatches in our van and I don't think they seal all that well so I think there is a small amount of pressurization from the front one. Anyway we don't have much trouble from dust and our road in to our place gets like bull dust sometimes, especially after grading. As the others have said I would leave them closed and the foam as Motherhen suggests is a very good idea.

Still have not heard from the nephew re boat loader. Talk about slack.

Cheers, Bruce.

Gooday,
Our caravan came with 1 pressure hatch which was too small we had 2 larger ones fitted which work very well but still need to tape the other finned vents for best results.
With the door bought a piece of silver coated foam from Clark Rubber, cut it to size and fit that between main door and screen, keeps dust out and also invaluable for keeping warm in cold climates. Keep it behind dinette bolster when not being used.
Cheers,
Boroma 604.

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