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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I think you will be OK. I once backed my 35' into a campsite so steep I had to remove the spare tire which hung slightly below the bumper and was dragging. Then to raise the landing gear enough to be level we dug a small hole for the rear bumper to sit in on the curbside.
We used both x-chocks and wheel chocks to keep her in place. There was plenty of suspension travel so all 4 wheels were on the ground-if not we would have added some 2x8s under the front wheels. We used several 2x8 blocks under each landing gear - don't remember exactly but I think the 2x8s were 3 high.
I cannot imagine that your driveway was in worse shape then this campsite, there was a fair amount of pea gravel on the site, but we stayed there about a week without issue. Yes-anyone could walk under the front of the 5th without stooping, yet I could not shove my hand under the rear bumper.
Your results will vary according to the geometry of your 5th but I'm guessing you will be OK. Hope this helps. Good luck.
Edited: You also need to make sure you will be able to hook up again when the time comes. Seems obvious that you can but problems can pop up so make sure you have enough up and down travel in your landing gear to compensate if something settles and/or shifts and that your hitch can move side to side and up and down as needed to accomplish the lashup. This isn't a typical situation because you will be raising the 5th not a few inches to a foot high, but maybe 2 foot high and things could change, so leave some margins.
We used both x-chocks and wheel chocks to keep her in place. There was plenty of suspension travel so all 4 wheels were on the ground-if not we would have added some 2x8s under the front wheels. We used several 2x8 blocks under each landing gear - don't remember exactly but I think the 2x8s were 3 high.
I cannot imagine that your driveway was in worse shape then this campsite, there was a fair amount of pea gravel on the site, but we stayed there about a week without issue. Yes-anyone could walk under the front of the 5th without stooping, yet I could not shove my hand under the rear bumper.
Your results will vary according to the geometry of your 5th but I'm guessing you will be OK. Hope this helps. Good luck.
Edited: You also need to make sure you will be able to hook up again when the time comes. Seems obvious that you can but problems can pop up so make sure you have enough up and down travel in your landing gear to compensate if something settles and/or shifts and that your hitch can move side to side and up and down as needed to accomplish the lashup. This isn't a typical situation because you will be raising the 5th not a few inches to a foot high, but maybe 2 foot high and things could change, so leave some margins.
