Boards under tires

korbe wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
.........2) If you are parked on asphalt. The weight of the camper and not moving the camper at all in heat, can cause the asphalt under the tires to soften and result in the asphalt having dimples where the tires sat. If you use boards, the weight of the camper is distributed over a wider area and will not cause the asphalt to dimple........

I have seen board depressions in soft AC pavement too. However, my conclusion is that the AC mix design used the wrong oil type or percentage.

The asphalt under those tires must have been very soft. It is possible, but the odds of NOT leaving a depression are greater if using lumber under the tires. And the longer the board the less chance of depression ... on any surface.

Relevant to this topic, we had our driveway resurfaced, crumbled areas removed, and had it slopped for better water rain drainage.

I had to move the camper off the asphalt while the work was being done so parked between the drive way and house, rather than the front yard, or behind this time. (we park on the grass often).

The camper sat in the same spot for over 2 weeks. They finished the work, and then we had rain for days which softened the yard. I did not want to leave deep ruts in the yard, so had to wait for the ground to harden enough I felt comfortable driving over it to move the camper back on the finished asphalt.

After 2 and 1/2 weeks, I got the camper moved. I was really surprised what was left in the yard. I used long boards on the ground and then my normal blocks for the tongue jack and stabilizer jacks on top of that. Total of 5 long boards on the ground, and all 5 still sunk into the ground over an inch deep! Had the tires been directly on the ground, I can't imagine how deep they would have sunk. It left an interesting pattern in the grass, and now I have 5 pretty good depressions to fix with my yard roller if it ever rains again to soften the ground... again.









I use boards most of the time. But don't need to on my drive way as the asphalt never left dimples... Um ... my asphalt just crumbled all to pieces after 8 years!

After getting the camper back in the drive way and all set up again, I realized immediately I need to use lumber under one side of the camper in the drive way. The driveway is so slopped now, the trailer is no longer level side-to-side.

We're going to a State Park this week end. When I return home ... lumber goes back under those tires!