I need your help! We just installed a RV pad at the house. Here is the problem. The street is bowed in the middle and slopes to each side towards the sidewalk. The RV drive way slopes down towards the street.First attempt to pull nose in and the rear overhang got stuck in the street asphalt. The chassis has two triangle metal bars that stick down - thus protecting the body from bottoming out. I did get stuck, however and I had to jack up the rear to back out. The triangle bars were digging into the street as I was attempting to back out.I think, I need to get the rear up about 8 inches to clear. The RV is a 2008 Winnebago Sightseer 35J on a F53 Chassis. Potential solution: Add air bags to the chassis and rollers to the rear. Will this work? Is there an air bag application for the F53 that will give me say 6 inches of rear lift. Will the rollers make up for the other two inches that I need,Any other ideas.Thanks.

Did you try backing in at an angle? Air bags may lift it 2" at most.

My guess is that your rear end needs to tightened up a bit.

Others have posted similar problems with depressions at the end of their driveways. Some of the solutions include entering their driveways at an angle and placing lumber in the depression to create left for rear to clear.What happens if you try to back into the driveway? Do you drag in your driveway then, instead of the street?Those metal triangle objects are called "skid bars". I've noticed newer campers don't have them any more. I had a trailer once with them, they did help protect the stuff hanging below the trailer at the back end. And I also seriously thought about the attaching the rollers.However, when looking at how the rollers were attached, I realized it would make the skid bars even longer, so decided against it.Considering yours in a motor home, I do not think the rollers attached to the skid bars would help much and here's why. When the bars are skidding, the drive rear tires are also being lifted off the ground. What happens, the skid bar is lifting and the front tires are lifting and now you've lost traction from the rear causing you to get stuck. Unlike a truck and trailer, the truck still has the drive train with 100% traction and can still drag the trailer, even if the trailer had no wheels at all, it potentially could still drag it. But if the rear tires of your motor home loose traction, you are simply stuck. Skid wheels will just make the skid bars even longer, making it even more of a potential for the drive wheels to loose traction. So, that's a bad idea in my opinion.If you can install the air bags, that might be a better solution. That way, you can lift the rear where the skid bars are and get the ground clearance.Another option is to remove the skid bars completely. You'd need to go to a welder and have them cut them off, maybe make them shorter.

I have airbags on a F-53 and it will never lift up to 6 inches, maybe 2 inches at the most.

I would make some ramps. Picture might help.

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Mike_Hohnstein
Explorer
Feb 01, 2015
Might help
traveylin
Explorer
Feb 01, 2015
Wood cribbing is cheap and stows well so it looks good. Consider this a great exercise in road pot hole awareness. You will see lots of places in parking lots where the approach is a problem
bobbyly
Explorer
Feb 01, 2015
I had same problem. I can only come in from one way so I don't cross the road. And I get as much angle as possible. I added wheels and they drag a little but I just go slow and can get thru.
draboo
Explorer
Feb 01, 2015
I had the same problem at a previous home. Our 34 footer dragged both ways. I used 4x4x8 lumber and some shorter 2x6s to take the strain off of the tires climbing that 4" step. I only had to ramp one side because we were pulling in at an angle. Make sure that your ramp is a bit wider than your duelies. I used solid 4x4 lumber the whole width of the ramp.
rondeb
Explorer
Feb 01, 2015
Try backing in- Probably will solve your problem.
Y-Guy
Moderator
Feb 01, 2015
What about backing it in?
Bob_Olallawa
Explorer
Feb 01, 2015
Is it possible to reshape the driveway, making it less steep but for a longer distance? If the front end doesn't rise too fast it might keep the rear from dragging.
ncrowley
Explorer II
Feb 01, 2015
I have the same issue. We fill the depression up with a bunch of 2 x 6's. It is not an elegant solution, but it works.
Home_Skillet
Explorer II
Feb 01, 2015
I have air bags on my RV.
With the long rear overhang, I can raise the rear bumper 6".
abc40kids
Explorer
Jan 31, 2015
My fifth wheel will scrape the driveway when I back in, I put a 2x6 about 4 feet long behind each tire right as its about to scrape and that gets me out of my scraping issue. Maybe your issue is only a big one at one specific place and once your past it your ok?? Of course those same boards are needed to get my firth wheel out of the driveway also. Good luck

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