Will A Fifthwheel Work In This Driveway???
Hello, All Im thinking of getting a Sandpiper fifthwheel and starting to worry about this driveway its 45 feet in length and has a drop of 4inches every 4 feet the grade of the driveway should be 8.33...
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bpounds wrote:
I don't think you're going to have a problem. But a way to add extra bed rail clearance in this situation is to use a manual slider hitch. Slide it back before backing up your driveway. This will leave less bed length behind the pin, and therefore increases the bed rail to fiver clearance. An automatic slider would not do this for you, because it would be locked forward when not turning. With the manual you can lock it rearward for the entire backing/parking maneuver.
My thoughts exactly. And if it's necessary, don't forget to slide the hitch back before pulling out too.
You might also have contact with the rear (bumper?) of the camper scraping the driveway when its tires are in the "gutter". The fix for that would be to lay a 2x12 or two in the gutter to level it out a bit.
I'd think the dealer would let you try it in your driveway before signing the papers for it. If they don't know you, they might want to send someone along with it, which wouldn't be a bad idea anyway -- an extra pair of eyes.
