steep driveway is 5th wh. better than TT for Leveling?

pyoung47 wrote:
I moved to another house on flat terrain with three acres. Problem solved.

but I'm on a mountain with ocean view, so don't want to move

I moved to another house on flat terrain with three acres. Problem solved.

As far as leveling only, it's more what you get used to. Side to side is the same, you always do that first, but a 5er takes two stacks of blocks instead of one and you just need to block evenly under the legs so you don't throw the leveling off. You just have to chock and block properly or it won't matter what type of RV you have. No offense to anyone who is smarter than a block of wood! Always make sure the block stack is vertically plumb and has a wide enough base. Crib if necessary. Chock the tires so the RV won't want to roll away. I parked my 5er on a 8% slope for many years. Craig

Dick_B wrote:
I don't know about false thinking but I wouldn't trade in one type of RV for another type to make it easier to hitch up in my driveway. I would buy an RV based on the better layout for my needs and work out the hitching/leveling problems with blocks of wood.

Yes...I'm not in a hurry to change out one type of RV for another and I've never owned a 5whl. I was just considering whether or not it might be easier to handle/park a 5whl on my unlevel parking spot and also a consideration is that I'd rather keep my rv length under 25 ft....something that I understand would yield a lot of extra usable space inside with a 5whl...but, yes, I'll probably just stick with my TT as it seems the best for my purposes...

I don't know about false thinking but I wouldn't trade in one type of RV for another type to make it easier to hitch up in my driveway. I would buy an RV based on the better layout for my needs and work out the hitching/leveling problems with blocks of wood.

Remember that as the trailer levels out and the TV is still at an angle the tailgate will get closer to the 5ver, so it is important to have plenty of distance between the bed rails and the 5ver. I have about 4 inches and need to watch the inclines.

Only problem with blocks under front landing gear legs on a 5rv......the more the legs are extended the more unstable the front of 5vr becomes.

Just a little bit of fore/aft movement and landing gear can slide off blocks or topple blocks. One side coming off and possible twisted frame.

I have used a 6X6X12 block a few times when CG site sloped in front. I used between the tire chocks and ground chocks in front of all tires.
Didn't care for it at all.

Just how much of a slope are you talking about?
A slight incline.....OK
A steep incline where blocks are needed to get front high enough....personally I wouldn't.
But I have seen some leveling techniques that just make me quiver.

Here is a little story......LINK

That size it would probably be more stable than a TT. When you get up in the 30s and 35s those landing gear are realy holding a load. then to add the hill thing well that's stretching it. But smaller than 25 yeah you should be good to go.

It would probably be a small 5er under 25ft... and the front would be on the downhill side...
I just thought that since the levelling jacks are what holds the entire front weight that they might be ok (if on wood blocks etc.) to use?

Depends on a whole bunch of things. How big is the 5ver going to be? is the front of the fiver going to be on the up hill side or down hill side? It is my opinion that if the head of the fiver is going to be on the down hill side then it might be less stable. Once those landing gear are raised more than normal things start to get pretty shaky On a big rig even shakier. As far as hitching up it would be easier to hitch a 5th wheel than a trailer on any type of terrain I would think. I have had both. Never had a situation that was hard to hitch the fiver up to.