Houston - We have a Problem! Home RV Pad
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...
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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.
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.
