HITCHING AND UNHITCHING STEEP DRIVEWAY
Trading in my TT for a new FW next week. My driveway is tight plus it goes steep up to where the rear of the FW will sit. I am used to the steep driveway with the TT and the electric tounge jack. Any...
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Veebyes wrote:
2' over the full length of the 5er or 2' from wheels to pin? Also, wheels on the slope or wheels on the flat?
If it is 2' from wheels to pin then that is quite a slope & you are not going to get it level after removal from TV. If wheels are on the slope you had better chock them real good & make sure the weight is on the chocks before begining to remove the TV. Chock all wheels fwd. Nothing has ever defied gravity so no reason to chock them aft.
Have not seen any 5er legs with 2' of travel so leveling is going to be impossible without some creative use of bottle jacks & wood on the frame.
I would agree 2' from pin to wheels would be impossible. I think he said 2' over 35' length. My 5th wheel is 35.5' long and I can lift it close to 2' overall because the lift point is a few feet behind the pin. I would think approximately 18" of travel would raise it the required amount. Before I start I chock the rear wheels with heavy duty chocks because the front wheels will have very little weight on them. Unfortunately I never measured mine but I would think it's close to 2' front to back. Mine is over 6' high at the front when level.
